Margaret Thatcher and the Middle East /Azriel Bermant.
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Britain's colonial legacy and its postwar Middle East policy -- Thatcher and the "Finchley factor" -- The new Soviet threat -- Thatcher endorses the Venice Declaration -- Operation Babylon -- The crisis in Anglo-American relations -- Israel's invasion of Lebanon -- Thatcher's diplomatic initiative -- Thatcher's landmark visit to Israel -- The Reagan Administration spurns the London Agreement -- The collapse of the "Jordanian option" -- A new approach towards the PLO -- The end of a friendship -- Conclusion.