Sally-Ann Treharne is Lecturer in the School of History/European Studies in University College Cork, NUI. A former Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, she has a PhD in History along with an MA in International Relations and a BA in European Integration Studies/Italian. Her research lies in the field of contemporary history with a particular emphasis on the Reagan-Thatcher relationship and Anglo-American relations with Latin America.

• List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The 1970s: A Decline in Anglo-American Specialness and US–UK Relations with Latin America; 2. The Special Relationship and the Falklands War; 3. Friend or Foe? The US Invades Grenada; 4. Vested Interests: US Involvement in the Anglo-Guatemalan Dispute; 5. Nicaragua: The Allies Stand Together; Conclusion; Appendix: Interviewees; Select Bibliography; Index.

Sally-Ann Treharne is Lecturer in the School of History/European Studies in University College Cork, NUI. A former Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, she has a PhD in History along with an MA in International Relations and a BA in European Integration Studies/Italian. Her research lies in the field of contemporary history with a particular emphasis on the Reagan-Thatcher relationship and Anglo-American relations with Latin America.

• List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The 1970s: A Decline in Anglo-American Specialness and US–UK Relations with Latin America; 2. The Special Relationship and the Falklands War; 3. Friend or Foe? The US Invades Grenada; 4. Vested Interests: US Involvement in the Anglo-Guatemalan Dispute; 5. Nicaragua: The Allies Stand Together; Conclusion; Appendix: Interviewees; Select Bibliography; Index.