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865645
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Livingstone, Grace.
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Britain and the dictatorships of Argentina and Chile, 1973-82 : : foreign policy, corporations and social movements.
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Cham :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2018.
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Security, conflict and cooperation in the contemporary world
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1 online resource
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3319782924
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: 9783319782928
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3319782916
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9783319782911
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Intro; Contents; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction: Making Friends With the Junta; Social Movements and Policy-Making; Informal Empire; Britain and Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s; Latin America, Human Rights and Solidarity Campaigns; Ethical Foreign Policy; Europe and the United States; Britain, Argentina and Chile; Chapter 2 Chile 1973-1982; Chapter 3 Welcoming Pinochet's Coup (1973-1974); Chapter 4 Ethical Foreign Policy? Labour Versus the Foreign Office (1974-1979); The Sale of Warships and Aero-Engines; Direct Action at Rolls Royce; Debt Campaigns
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Chapter 6 Chile ConclusionChapter 7 Argentina 1976-2 April 1982; Chapter 8 Business as Usual: Arming the Junta (1976-1979); Recognising the Regime; Doing Business with the Junta; Diplomats and the Media; The Difficulties of Solidarity with Argentina; The Moderating Role of the Foreign Office; The 1978 World Cup; Action on Refugees; Divisions Within the British Embassy; Britain's Business Lobby; Arms Sales to Argentina 1976-1979; Restoring an Ambassador; Conclusion; Chapter 9 Oil, the Islands and the Falklands Lobby (1976-1979); The Business Lobby and the Decision to Negotiate with Argentina
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Leaseback and OilThe Islanders and Oil; Oil Companies' Concerns About Leaseback; Geopolitical Strategic Interests; Antarctica; Divisions Within the Elite; The Blame Game: Lobby Groups, Politicians and State Officials; Islanders' Views of Leaseback; Conclusion; Chapter 12 Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Bibliography; Index
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Limits to Labour's Intervention in the MarketThe Business Lobby, the FCO and Trade; The Anglo-Chilean Business Lobby; Sheila Cassidy; The Disappearance of William Beausire; The Foreign Office and the Chile Solidarity Campaign; Labour and the Mandarins; Chapter 5 Tea with a Dictator: Mrs. Thatcher and the General (1979-1982); Restoring the Ambassador; Lifting the Arms Embargo on Chile; Promoting Arms Sales to the Pinochet Regime; Informal Social Networks; The Human Rights Lobby; Covering Up Inaction on William Beausire; Chile and the Falklands War; Britain and the United Nations
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Oil and the Falkland Islands DisputeThe Political Pressures Against a Settlement; Chapter 10 Befriending 'Common or Garden' Dictators (1979 to 2 April 1982); Downgrading Human Rights; Business Interests; Fêting the Argentine Finance Minister; Trading with the Junta; Military Visits and Training; Arms Sales and the Falklands; Arms Sales and Human Rights; Human Rights Campaigns; Conclusion; Chapter 11 Antarctica, Oil and Leaseback: Britain's Strategic Interests in the Falklands (1979 to 2 April 1982); Economic Interests in the Falklands; The Business Lobby; Oil and the Falklands
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| Abstract
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This book explores the links between the British government and the dictatorships of Argentina and Chile, 1973-82, using newly-opened British archives. It gives the most complete picture to date of British arms sales, military visits and diplomatic links with the Argentine and Chilean military regimes before the Falklands war. It also provides new evidence that Britain had strategic and economic interests in the Falkland Islands and was keen to exploit the oil around the Islands. It looks at the impact of private corporations and social movements, such as the Chile Solidarity Campaign and human rights groups, on foreign policy. By analyzing the social background of British diplomats and tracing the informal social networks between government officials and the private sector, it considers the pro-business biases of state officials. It describes how the Foreign Office tried to dissuade the Labour governments of 1974-79 from imposing sanctions on the Pinochet regime in Chile and discusses whether un-elected officials place constraints on politicians aiming to pursue an 'ethical' foreign policy.
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Diplomatic relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Argentina, Foreign relations, Great Britain.
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Chile, Foreign relations, Great Britain.
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Great Britain, Foreign relations, Argentina.
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Great Britain, Foreign relations, Chile.
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Argentina.
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Chile.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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303.48282041
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F2833.5.G7
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