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1. The problems of victory are more agreeable than the problems of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
2. You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
3. History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
4. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
5. Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.
6. Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
7. Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
| With friends like these: Cowboys and Englishmen (Part 1) |
1 Look through the NOTES of the Episode “Cowboys and Englishmen - 2” and watch it.
(Мультимедийный каталог 1559 →Заклятые друзья. Фильм 3→ счетчик 00:13:29)
Notes
"Onward, Christian Soldiers" is a 19th century English hymn.
The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression, was a military attack on Egypt by Britain, France, and Israel beginning on 29 October 1956. The attack followed Egypt's decision of 26 July 1956 to nationalize the Suez Canal after the withdrawal of an offer by Britain and the United States to fund the building of the Aswan Dam.
Eisenhower – Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 –1969), the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45.
Harold Macmillan -1st Earl of Stockton, (1894 – 1986), a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963.
Nicknamed 'Supermac', in his premiership he advocated a mixed economy
John F. Kennedy – John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917 –1963), the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
Lyndon Johnson – (1908 –1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969).
Richard Nixon – (1913 –1994), the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974) and the only president to ever resign the office.
Ted Heath - Sir Edward Richard George Heath, (1916 –2005), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath's accession represented a change in the leadership of the Conservative party, from aristocratic figures such as Harold Macmillan and Lord Home to the self-consciously meritocratic Heath, and later, Margaret Thatcher.
Lord Hutton – the judge asked to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the death of David Kelly, who was an advisor to the Ministry of Defence
(The Hutton inquiry was set up to examine Blair’s reasons for going into the war. Kelly was “the main witness”, he was due to give evidence to the inquiry but just before it he died. So people suspected that he was “shut up” by those who benefited from the war – by Blair’s government)
Alastair Campbell – Blair’s communications chief
Bill Clinton -theUS President (1993-2001)
2 Complete the sentences with the correct words and phrases from the box, explain their meanings and comment on the sentences.
| withdrawing role transcends odd couples great strain glamorous rupture acquiesce patrician empire not worth the paper it was written on pulled the plug on six foot six |
1. It’s strong, it ……………………. political parties…”
2. Eisenhower ……………………………………. Suez by pressuring Eden and …………………… American support for the pound.
3. “It’s the greatest single ………………….. in the special relationship in the post-war years. Thereafter you don’t do anything serious in the world as Brits unless the Americans, at the very least, …………………….. It did change everything in that sense.”
4. … a new President, the ………………. young John F. Kennedy looked to have little in common with the …………… old Etonian Prime-Minister.
5. It was famous they said at that time that Britain had lost an ………………… and not yet found a …………………………..
6. Over the next 15 years a series of “…………… …………..” in the White House and Number 10 would put ……….. ………….. on the special relationship.
7. President Johnson was a ………………… Texan to look down on the Labour leader.
8. For Ted Heath it seemed the special relationship was …………………………...
3 Write down the extract starting “ In 1962 Kennedy came into direct …….…….. (06:51) up to “…………… or face war ” (07:44).
4 Make use of the words and word combinations in the box and sum up the information provided in the episode on the following points:
1. The Suez Crisis, the US and Britain involvement into the crisis, the position of the president Eisenhower on the issue.
| push smb out of the picture conspire with smb sieze back in total secrecy keep smb in the dark in advance to dissent a proper instrument |
2. Relations between British Prime Minister Howard Macmillan and American President Eisenhower.
| successor help restore lay on the reception general election absolutely shamelessly borrowed for the occasion number plate ensuring the proper coverage served on smb’s stuff |
3. Kennedy-Macmillan relationship.
| patrician old Etonian to have little in common with related by marriage the same social set on the scene be one’s candid friend to sign the treaty to share his loneliness absorbing crisis to urge cautions be a chum |
4. Why didn’t Harry Wilson and Johnson get on well?
| to take to smb a kind of weasely to pay the blood price to condemn a policy strengthen our alliance escalating war to call on smb to lampoon smb as lickspittle to halt the spread of to go along with take a stand |
5. Nixon-Hearth’s period is “one of the rockiest”.
| to smb’s chagrin to stem (essentially) from to see (smb) as a Trojan horse to give priority to smth to embark on doing to be a lower priority for Britain’s destiny |
| With friends like these: Cowboys and Englishmen (Part 2) |
1 Look through the NOTES of the Episode “Cowboys and Englishmen - 2” and watch it.
(Мультимедийный каталог 1559 →Заклятые друзья. Фильм 3, counter – from 13:29 to 26:26!!!!!!!!!!)
Notes
Ronald Reagan - Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 –2004), the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989)
Margaret Thatcher - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She is the only woman to hold either post.
The Falklands conflict - was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom (UK) over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The Falkland Islands consist of two large and many small islands in the South Atlantic Ocean east of Argentina; their name and sovereignty over them have long been disputed.
Lord Charles Powell - Private Secretary and adviser on foreign affairs and defence to Lady Thatcher when she was Prime Minister, and in the early part of John Major’s time as Prime Minister.
Colonel Gadaffi – (born 7 June, 1942), the de facto leader of Libya since a 1969 coup.
George Bush, senior -the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
George Bush, junior – 43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
John Major – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party during 1990 to 1997.
The Gulf War – The Persian Gulf War or Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991) was a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a coalition force from 34 nations commissioned with expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq's occupation and annexation of Kuwait in August of 1990. Though there were nearly three dozen member states of the coalition, the overwhelming majority of the military forces participating were from the United States and the United Kingdom.
task force - в Сухопутных войсках оперативно-тактическая группа; в ВМС оперативное соединение кораблей
Arming Harriers – American missiles
2 Complete the sentences with the correct words and phrases from the box and explain their meanings.
| “ the mother of all defeats” be imploding bogeyman proselytizer “the third way” avoided the draft instigator material it held |
1. But now, as the empire seemed to ……………………, they identified a new …..…………. on the world stage - the Libyan leader, Colonel Gadaffi.
2. Though Saddam had suffered “………………………”, he remained in power - unfinished business, which George Bush, the younger, would inherit.
3. Bill Clinton had ……………………….. He had been the student of Oxford in the 60’s and the Bush campaign asked the Home-Office in London for any ………………. on Clinton.
4. Tony Blair because he had shown such interest in what I had done and in developing what is now has become known as ………………………….
5. I was an ………………………… and ……………………. for the action we took in Kosovo.
3 Write down the extract starting “ But by the start of the 80’s …….…….. (13:29) up to “……………you are a very tough act to follow. ” (14:34)
Explain Thatcher’s remark “ … you ain’t seen nothing yet.” and Ronald’s one “You are a very tough act to follow.”
4 Make use of the words and word combinations in the box and cover the information provided in the episode on the following points:
1. Political “soul mates” Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. The beginning of the Falklands conflict.
| a shared philosophy articulate and strong put under great strain to fear for to be scrupulously neutral be engaged in this dispute a peaceful resolution to launch deadly attacks on to dispatched smth to |
2. America’s involvement in the Falklands conflict.
| to end this neutral stance a closest allay accept an argument to go unchallenged to plunge into smth in a short time frame to supply smth to reveal plans |
3. Strengthening Anglo-American relationship.
| the liaison between the implacable opposition to to implode a bogeyman international terrorism on its soil to take a different line to cement alliance |
4. John Major and George Bush in the Gulf War.
| be on display to withdraw his troops to fail efforts to weaver be solid gold on the very eve of the (second) largest single contribution to to feel the junior partner be laid open on to seek reelection as to contrast smth with smth |
5. John Major’s possible involvement in the US internal affairs.
| To avoid draft to hold material on smb to smear smb to involve amb to interfere in smth a blunder on smb’s part to do with one’s consent |
6. Tony Blair and President Clinton; the Monicagate.
| to apply techniques to smth be like twins to confront a political challenge from the same womb be on the top of agenda to do a joint press-conference the personal stems of support |
7. The crisis in Kosovo.
| to come under great strain to spur smb into action to commit to the use of to leak smth to the press a reluctant/testy Clinton to prompt a conversation to justify to its own people |
| With friend like these: Cowboys and Englishmen (Part 3) |
1 Look through the NOTES of the Episode “Cowboys and Englishmen - 2” and watch it.
(Мультимедийный каталог 1559 → Заклятые друзья. Фильм 3. Счетчик с 26:27).
NOTES
Sir Christopher Meyer, (22 February 1944), is a former British Ambassador to the United States (1997–2003), and the current chair of the Press Complaints Commission (since 2003).
Camp David - Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is a mountain based military camp in Frederick County, Maryland used as a country retreat and for high alert protection of the President of the United States and his guests.
David Kelly CMG (May 14, 1944 – July 17, 2003) was an employee of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, an expert in biological warfare and a former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq. Kelly's discussion with Today Programme journalist Andrew Gilligan about the British government's dossier on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq inadvertently caused a major political scandal. He was found dead days after appearing before the Parliamentary committee charged with investigating the scandal. The Hutton inquiry - a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Kelly’s death, ruled that he had committed suicide and that Kelly had not in fact said some of the things attributed to him by Gilligan. The following day the entire front page of the "Independent" newspaper was covered with a single word in giant letters: "WHITEWASH".
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
Richard Haass -Policy Planning Director, US State Department 2001-2003
2 Complete the sentences with the correct words and phrases from the box, explain their meanings and comment on the sentences.
| the touchy-feely savage September be thick with smb to lobby smb into hard line third way to meet the British half way opposite number be deliberately routed at the end of the day a genuine ring of |
1. But how would Blair get on with a new President? The ………………… political views of the Texan G. W. Bush seemed a million miles removed from “………………….., …………………” style of Bill Clinton.
2. “ It was always said prior to G. W. Bush becoming President that Tony Blair ………………… Bill Clinton.
3. In the first months after Camp David there was little evidence of the Bush-Blair relationship had ………………….. confidence into it. But then came the events of ………………….
4. In Baghdad President’s Bush ………………………………. had been identified as the new target in the American war on terror.
5. Over million people turned out in the largest ever protest march in Britain that ……………………. past the street where Blair lived.
6. Under extreme political pressure Blair ……………………….. going for the Second UN Resolution that would authorize war on Iraq.
7. …………………. it didn’t work because of the French, the Russians and others. But again, I think what you have there is another example of America’s willingness …………………….
3 Write down the extract starting “ The Bush-Blair relationship is ……. (41:32) up to …… Congratulations!”
Explain what political situation “ the roadmap for Middle East ” refers to?
4 Make use of the words and word combinations in the box and cover the information provided in the episode on the following points:
1. Blair’s backing of the American President after September 11 attacks
| to undertake a series of visits to build up support for was depicted to chalk up to pay the blood price to bolster in the search for to take one thing at a time his stance opposite number |
2. Bush and Blair meeting at Camp David; the discussion of the possibility of regime change in Iraq
| Camp David a matter of great contention weapons of mass destruction the policy of inaction subscribe to a policy |
3. The Security Council considers Iraq issue.
| to haggle deliberately ambiguous to authorize the use an intelligence dossier weapons of mass destruction smoking gun territory all these hoo-ha the utility of this dossier be in material bridge |
4. “The Masochism strategy”; losses suffered by the Americans and the British in Iraq war
| to lampoon to embark on to demolish to curtail the aftermath |
5. Richard Haass about Blair’s true reasons for starting the war on Iraq
| the backdrop maximize its influence strategic assessment a post 9.11- type decision |
6. Criticism of British-American relationships; Jack Straw’s approach towards the criticism
| to crystallize questions to be seduced by hawkish unilateralist to cosy up to compromise our national interests noises-off rhetoric |
7. The scandal concerning the war in Iraq which Blair was involved into;
| for backing to come under the closest scrutiny his continuing failure set up the inquiry to be dominated the Hutton inquiry to suspend their to pay the blood-price unflinching support |
8. Blair’s stance on Iraq war
| rogue states the crucial security threat be infallible in hold a position |
9. The overall view of Blair as a politician
| committed smth into action be the bridge between post-war rift getting steeper |
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