EAN: 9783030086664

SECURITY CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN THE CONTEM...

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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