剑与盾始于1966年的英国从“全球角色”转换为“欧洲的另一支力量”的进程,在70年代末的冷战高峰期达到了顶点。1979年5月,大西洋主义者——撒切尔夫人入主唐宁街10号。此时,华约组织的威胁不断刺激着英国人的神经,低迷了10余年的国民经济和政府财政急需根本性的变革,由 Sword and Shield Britain’s transition from “global role” to “another force in Europe” started in 1966 culminated in the height of the Cold War in the late 1970s. In May 1979, the Atlantic - Thatcher Mrs. Downing Street No. 10. At this time, the threats of the Warsaw Pact organizations continue to stimulate the nerves of the British people. Since the slump of more than 10 years, the national economy and the government finances have been in urgent need of radical changes.