The adoption of a pro-US foreign policy by Spain and the United Kingdom : José María Aznar and Tony Blair's personal motivations and their global impact / Nathan Jones.

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Jones, Nathan, 1981 November 3- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Brighton : Sussex Academic Press, 2017.
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xx, 260 pages ; 24 cm.

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    • Cañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary Spain [More in this series]
    • The Cañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary Spain
    Summary note
    "The alliance between Prime Ministers José Aznar and Tony Blair represented a crucial moment in recent European and World politics, owing to the divisive nature of their support for the United States in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. The extent of their cooperation, combined with their interventionist approach to tackling global threats, reflected an unprecedented level of cooperation between Spain and the United Kingdom. This book sets out to explain Aznar and Blair's foreign policy and how they came to support the United States. Understanding their relationship is imperative to explaining divisions over European reform, intervention, tackling rogue states, the response to 9/11, and the war on terrorism. This critical period in world politics has been subject to significant academic analysis, but the motivations behind the adoption of a pro-US foreign policy by Aznar and Blair has hitherto not been examined from a comparative perspective. Analysis uncovers factors that have either been overlooked or understated in terms of their influence throughout the Aznar-Blair relationship, particularly regarding their alliance in the European Union before September 2001. This compelling comparative study is invaluable to explaining how two leaders from different political backgrounds and traditions became such close allies, and how they came to support US foreign policy despite the pressures of deep divisions within the EU political bloc"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-246) and index.
    Other title(s)
    • Adoption of a pro-United States foreign policy by Spain and the United Kingdom
    • Adoption of a proUS foreign policy by Spain and the UK
    ISBN
    • 9781845198350 ((hardcover))
    • 1845198352 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2016032684
    OCLC
    957748165
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