Britain in Global Politics Volume 2
Britain in Global Politics Volume 2
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全球政治中的英国第二卷
DOI：
10.1057/9781137313584_8
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2013
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萨基·多克里尔最重要的著作之一是她的专著《英国从苏伊士以东撤退》。在这本关于这一主题的第一份档案研究中，她将英国对其国防优先事项的重新评估置于一个广泛的背景下，不仅着眼于从东南亚和波斯湾撤退，而且在核共享和英国莱茵河军规模等问题上，与北大西洋公约组织（NATO）的关系也存在分歧。她指出，在削减开支方面，英国最初寻求削减北约的开支;然而，到了1968年，威尔逊政府已经把未来放在欧洲，渴望放弃世界角色，加入欧洲经济共同体（EEC）。萨基还关注了关于特定武器系统的辩论，如航空母舰和美国制造的F-111飞机，这两种武器对世界角色至关重要。一些以前的作者强调，1968年1月决定在1971年底前撤出苏伊士以东的军事基地，是撤退过程中至关重要的转折点。2其他人认为，这只是标志着早期决定的加速，特别是1967年7月宣布的那些决定。3但是，萨基看得更远，在1959- 1963年的保守党政府领导下，看到了撤退的预兆。4在整个讨论过程中，一个至关重要的问题是需要与伦敦的主要盟友美国保持友好关系，美国担心自己的国防负担，很难欢迎英国的撤退
One of Saki Dockrill’s most significant publications was her monograph,Britain’s Retreat from East of Suez.1In this, the first archival study of the subject, she set Britain’s reassessment of its defence priorities in a broad context, looking not only at withdrawal from Southeast Asia and the Persian Gulf, but also at relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) over such questions as nuclear-sharing and the size of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). She showed that, in reducing spending, the British initially sought cuts in NATO; yet, by 1968, the Wilson government was set on a European future, eager to abandon the world role and enter the European Economic Community (EEC). Saki also looked at the debate over particular weapons systems, such as aircraft carriers and the US-manufactured F-111 aircraft, both vital to a world role. Some previous writers emphasised that the January 1968 decision to quit military bases East of Suez by the end of 1971, wasthevital turning point in the process of retreat.2Others argued it merely marked an acceleration of earlier decisions, especially those announced in July 1967.3But, Saki looked further back, seeing harbingers of retreat under the Conservative governments of 1959–63.4Throughout the discussions, a vital question was the need to maintain friendly relations with London’s main ally, the United States, which, concerned about its own defence burden, could hardly welcome Britain’s retreat.