英国首相麦克米伦与古巴导弹危机

英国是古巴导弹危机爆发之后积极支持美国的重要盟国之一。英国首相哈罗德.麦克米伦在危机伊始就主张并建议美国迅速占领古巴。但随着危机形势的发展,出于维护英美特殊关系、避免世界大战爆发和提升英国国际地位的考虑,麦克米伦转而主张用和平谈判的手段解决危机。麦克米伦在古巴导弹危机中的外交政策实际上是其第二次柏林危机缓和政策的延续,它不仅对缓和美苏之间的危机起到一定的作用,而且对英国欧洲政策的制定以及60年代中后期国际局势的缓和起到了重要影响。

British Prime Minister Macmillan and the Cuban Missile Crisis

The United Kingdom was one of the important allies to actively support the United States after the Cuban Missile Crisis.At the beginning of the crisis,British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan suggested that the United States occupy Cuba rapidly.However,as the crisis developed,Macmillan started to favor peace talks to resolve the crisis,in the interest of maintaining the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom,avoiding war and enhancing the international status of Britain.During the Cuban Missile Crisis,Macmillan’s policy was a continuation of the détente of the Second Berlin Crisis,which not only played a certain role in easing the tension between the United States and the Soviet Union,but also had an important impact on the subsequent Britain’s policy on European and détente of the international situation in the late sixties.