Publication: «We should be nice to Germans»: i timori di Margaret Thatcher su una Germania riunificata
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2026
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EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
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This article analyses, through two Charles Powell’s documents, the Thatcher government’s stance on the process of German reunification. The first, dated 5 March 1990, highlights the disagreement between the White House and Downing Street, the latter ready to establish a cordial entente with the Ussr for countering Germany. The second, dated 25 March 1990, is the summary memorandum of the Chequers seminar, at which Thatcher heard the views of historians and experts on Germany regarding the German “national character” and the prospects of a new German economic dominance in Central Europe.
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Margaret Thatcher, German reunification, Chequers Affair, Anglo-German relations, Hedging strategy, Riunificazione tedesca, Affare Chequers, Relazioni anglo-tedesche, Strategia del bilanciamento
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Marco Bortolussi, "«We should be nice to Germans»: i timori di Margaret Thatcher su una Germania riunificata" in: "Qualestoria. Rivista di storia contemporanea. LIV, N.ro 1, Giugno 2026", EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste, 2026, pp. 547-561