The Thatcher government's response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 1979–1980

Daniel James Lahey

DOI:10.1080/14682745.2012.721355

Corpus ID: 153081281

The Thatcher government's response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 1979–1980

@article{Lahey2013TheTG,
  title={The Thatcher government's response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 1979–1980},
  author={Daniel James Lahey},
  journal={Cold War History},
  year={2013},
  volume={13},
  pages={21 - 42}
}

Daniel James Lahey

Published 2013

Political Science

Cold War History

The extent to which the Thatcher government supported the Carter administration in forcefully responding to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is disputed by a number of historians. Whilst some regard London's response as rhetorical at best, others believe it to have been a concrete demonstration of Prime Minister Thatcher's loyalty to the United States in its longstanding struggle against the Soviet Union. This article offers a more nuanced position that distinguishes between the degree of… CONTINUE READING

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