REAGAN AND THATCHER

Book ID/图书代码： 02630512B54773

English Summary/英文概要： For decades historians have perpetuated the myth of a "Churchillian" relationship between Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, citing their longtime alliance as an example of the "special" bond between the United States and Britain. But, as Richard Aldous argues in this penetrating dual biography, Reagan and Thatcher clashed repeatedly over the Falklands war, Grenada, and the SDI and nuclear weapons while carefully cultivating a harmonious image for the public and the press. With the stakes enormously high, these political titans struggled to work together to confront the greatest threat of their time: the USSR.Brilliantly reconstructing some of their most dramatic encounters, Aldous draws on recently declassified documents and extensive oral history to dismantle the popular conception of Reagan-Thatcher diplomacy. His startling conclusion that the weakest link in the Atlantic Alliance of the 1980s was the association between the two principal actors will mark an important contribution to our understanding of the twentieth century.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 数十年来，历史学家不断以罗纳德.里根与玛格丽特.撒切尔之间长久的联盟来论证美国与英国之间的“特殊”纽带关系，从而使得两位领导人之间那种“丘吉尔式”的关系变成了永垂不朽的神话。但是，理查德.奥尔德斯在这本具有穿透力的双重传记中声称，就马岛战争、格林纳达问题以及战略防御计划和核武器方面，二人努力在公众以及媒体面前创造和谐友好形象的同时，实际上二人冲突与矛盾不断。由于风险异常巨大，这些政坛大亨们努力达成一致，共同应对彼时最大威胁：前苏联。奥尔德斯借助于最近破解的文件以及广为人知的野史，运用才华横溢的文笔再现了他们当时最具戏剧性的境遇，剖析了无人不晓的“里根-撒切尔”外交策略。最后，作者得出惊人的结论，20世纪80年代大西洋联盟最薄弱的一环就是里根与撒切尔的合作，而这一结论将对我们理解21世纪产生重要的作用。(XMM)

Awards/获奖情况：本书生动鲜明、节奏轻快、可读性高，理查德.奥尔德斯的新作对传统智慧发出挑战，并引领我们重新思考上个世纪80年代是政治局势。—大卫.雷诺兹教授

这是一本重要的研究作品，以最近公布的文件做为坚实基础，重新解读了里根与撒切尔的合作关系。对于任何关心历史、关注健康以及英美‘特殊关系’之未来的读者来说，本书至关重要。—大卫.康纳丁教授

我不能代表里根总统来评价，但是我即被玛格丽特.撒切尔褒奖过，也被她摧残过。对我而言，理查德.奥尔德斯却捕获了其人格魅力。撒切尔的确从情感方面来理解里根，据我判断，里根与撒切尔的关系要比丘吉尔和罗斯福之间更加亲密。

但是她对侵略格林纳达一事感到异常愤怒，因为格林纳达是英联邦成员国之一。此外，她对美国最初对占领福克兰群岛的反应也感到无能为力。本书价值不菲，探讨了英美两国公关政治的特殊关系。—《出版人周刊》（星级评论）

Vivid, fast-paced and immensely readable, Richard Aldous’ new book challenges conventional wisdom and prods us to rethink the 1980s.--Professor David Reynolds

An important study, based on a wealth of recently released documents, which puts the Thatcher-Reagan friendship in a wholly new (and more sombre) light. It should be essential reading for anyone who cares about the history, the health and the future of the Anglo-American ’special relationship’. --Professor David Cannadine

I can’t speak for President Reagan, but I’ve been both praised and pulverized by Margaret Thatcher and Richard Aldous seems to me to have captured the force of her personality. She did have an emotional understanding of Reagan and he of her that in its essence, in my judgement, was warmer than between Churchill and Roosevelt. But her fury was incandescent over the invasion of Grenada, a member of the Commonwealth, as was the wimpiness of the initial American reaction to the seizure of the Falkland Islands. This is a valuable look behind the looking glass of public-relations politics of the special relationship. --Harold Evans

Excellent revisionist history, giving another slant to the interaction of two political icons on the world stage.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

About the Author/作者介绍： 理查德.奥尔德斯是纽约巴德学院英国历史与文学专业的尤金.梅尔教授。

Richard Aldous is Eugene Meyer Professor of British History and Literature at Bard College, New York.

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