A leader at war : Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands crisis of 1982

A leader at war : Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands crisis of 1982

The victory in the Falklands War was the triumph of Margaret Thatcher. While the Argentine invasion of the islands was the fruit of a lack of leadership in managing the Falklands issue, the positive resolution of the crisis owed much to Thatcher’s ability to react rapidly to the initial shock, to ac...

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מחבר ראשי: Bruni, Domenico Maria
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יצא לאור: Observatoire de la société britannique 2018
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leadership
Thatcher (Margaret)
Falklands War
Falklands Crisis (1982)
British political parties
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:osb_2007 https://doi.org/10.4000/osb.2007 urn:doi:10.4000/osb.2007 en https://journals.openedition.org/osb/2007 2018-03-30T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/is43 All rights reserved A leader at war : Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands crisis of 1982 Observatoire de la société britannique Université de Toulon info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1775-4135 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1957-3383 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/osb Bruni, Domenico Maria leadership Thatcher (Margaret) Falklands War Falklands Crisis (1982) British political parties The victory in the Falklands War was the triumph of Margaret Thatcher. While the Argentine invasion of the islands was the fruit of a lack of leadership in managing the Falklands issue, the positive resolution of the crisis owed much to Thatcher’s ability to react rapidly to the initial shock, to achieve and maintain firm control of the political handling of the crisis, to clearly identify objectives, and to pursue them with a persistence that never lost contact with diplomatic prudence. The episode, which could have caused her political death, ended up giving her unassailable force, for many years. The first part of this essay analyses the major problems which the outburst of the crisis created to Mrs Thatcher and defines her strategy for resolving it. The second part goes deeper into the management of the crisis by Mrs Thatcher, by highlighting her swiftness of response and clarity of intentions, her elaboration of a positive values system, her capacities of managing international relations, and, last but not least, her luck. The last paragraph analyses the consequences of the war both on the representation of Margaret Thatcher leadership and on the British political landscape as a whole.
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topic leadership
Thatcher (Margaret)
Falklands War
Falklands Crisis (1982)
British political parties
spellingShingle leadership
Thatcher (Margaret)
Falklands War
Falklands Crisis (1982)
British political parties
Bruni, Domenico Maria
A leader at war : Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands crisis of 1982
description The victory in the Falklands War was the triumph of Margaret Thatcher. While the Argentine invasion of the islands was the fruit of a lack of leadership in managing the Falklands issue, the positive resolution of the crisis owed much to Thatcher’s ability to react rapidly to the initial shock, to achieve and maintain firm control of the political handling of the crisis, to clearly identify objectives, and to pursue them with a persistence that never lost contact with diplomatic prudence. The episode, which could have caused her political death, ended up giving her unassailable force, for many years. The first part of this essay analyses the major problems which the outburst of the crisis created to Mrs Thatcher and defines her strategy for resolving it. The second part goes deeper into the management of the crisis by Mrs Thatcher, by highlighting her swiftness of response and clarity of intentions, her elaboration of a positive values system, her capacities of managing international relations, and, last but not least, her luck. The last paragraph analyses the consequences of the war both on the representation of Margaret Thatcher leadership and on the British political landscape as a whole.
author Bruni, Domenico Maria
author_facet Bruni, Domenico Maria
author_sort Bruni, Domenico Maria
title A leader at war : Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands crisis of 1982
title_short A leader at war : Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands crisis of 1982
title_full A leader at war : Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands crisis of 1982
title_fullStr A leader at war : Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands crisis of 1982
title_full_unstemmed A leader at war : Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands crisis of 1982
title_sort leader at war : margaret thatcher and the falklands crisis of 1982
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