| ID | 137377 |
| Title Proper | War on the line |
| Other Title Information | telephone diplomacy in the making and maintenance of the desert storm coalition |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Crean, Jeffrey |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | President George H.W. Bush’s use of personal diplomacy has been a frequently noted but little studied subject in the scholarly literature. For the first time, this analysis examines the transcripts of telephone conversations between Bush and foreign leaders during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm to determine the nature and purpose of these communications. Bush used these conversations more to build relationships than to persuade. He valued the contributions of the French president, François Mitterrand, over those of the British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, and the assistance provided by the Turkish president, Turgut Özal, over that of the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak. The tensions of crisis and war did not bring Bush and Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd closer together, and a rupture occurred in his previously close relationship with Jordan’s King Hussein. In this process, public opinion in the United States and abroad remained of paramount concern. |
| `In' analytical Note | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 26, No.1; Mar 2015: p.124-138 |
| Journal Source | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol: 26 No 1 |
| Key Words | Operation Desert Shield ; Operation Desert Storm ; United States ; George Bush ; Margaret Thatcher ; Telephone Diplomacy ; Francois Mitterrand ; Turgut Ozal |