Cooper, Dr James

• Subject Director: History, American Studies and War Studies
• School of Humanities, Religion & Philosophy

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Article

Robb, Thomas K. and Cooper, James (2023) In Search of a Winning Grand Strategy: Ronald Reagan’s First Term, 1981-5. The International History Review. pp. 1-23.

Cooper, James (2017) In Search of the Gipper: Ronald Reagan and the 1980s. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 47 (4). pp. 831-834.

Cooper, James (2017) ‘The situation over there really bothers me’: Ronald Reagan and the Northern Ireland conflict. Irish Historical Studies, 41 (159). pp. 97-116.

Cooper, James (2016) From Reykjavik to Fulton: Reagan, Thatcher, and the ending of the Cold War. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 14 (4). pp. 383-400.

Cooper, James (2015) “A log-rolling, Irish-American politician, out to raise votes in the United States”: Tip O’Neill and the Irish dimension of Anglo-American relations, 1977–1986. Congress & the Presidency, 42 (1). pp. 1-27.

Cooper, James (2015) ‘Two’s company, three’s a crowd: Neil Kinnock, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher 1984-1987’. White House Studies, 13 (1). pp. 1-20.

Cooper, James (2014) “I must brief you on the mistakes”: When Ronald Reagan Met Margaret Thatcher, February 25–28, 1981. Journal of Policy History, 26 (2). pp. 274-297.

Cooper, James (2013) Reagan vs. Thatcher: unpicking the special relationship. History & Policy.

Cooper, James (2013) ‘Superior to anything I had seen in the States’: the ‘Thatcherisation’ of Republican strategy in 1980 and 1984. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 11 (1). pp. 1-21.

Cooper, James (2010) The Foreign Politics of Opposition: Margaret Thatcher and the Transatlantic Relationship before Power. Contemporary British History, 24 (1). pp. 23-42.

Cooper, James (2009) The Reagan Years: The Great Communicator as Diarist. Intelligence and National Security, 23 (6). pp. 892-901.

Book Section

Cooper, James (2022) Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Not So “Special” Relationship? In: Cullinane, Michael and Farr, Martin, (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Presidents and Prime Ministers From Cleveland and Salisbury to Trump and Johnson. Palgrave, pp. 273-295

Cooper, James (2019) The United States and the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland, 1967–1998. In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History. Oxford University Press

Cooper, James (2017) For better and for worse: The relationship between Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, 1981 – 1983. In: Coleman, Bradley L. and Longley, Kyle, (eds.) Reagan and the World: Leadership and National Security, 1981-89. Lexington, University Press of Kentucky, pp. 127-146

Book

Cooper, James, Richardson, R.J. and Schwab, Bailey (2024) Ronald Reagan’s 1984 : Politics, Policy, and Culture. Springer

Cooper, James (2022) A Diplomatic Meeting: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Art of Summitry. University Press of Kentucky

Cooper, James (2017) The Politics of Diplomacy: U.S. Presidents and the Northern Ireland Conflict, 1967-98. Edinburgh studies in Anglo-American relations . Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press

Cooper, James (2012) Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan: A Very Political Special Relationship. Palgrave Macmillan

Other

Cooper, James (2024) History will remember Donald Trump as a highly consequential president. The Conversation.

Cooper, James (2024) Forty years after Ronald Reagan was re-elected, Republicans want Reaganism back. The Conversation.