Andreas Rose

Between Empire and Continent

British Foreign Policy Before the First World War

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Produktbeschreibung

Historians have commonly interpreted Britain's attempts to break through older alliances of European states before World War I as a reaction to aggressive German foreign policy. This groundbreaking political history demonstrates that British strategy instead arose from the complex interplay of national, continental and imperial considerations.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in British and Imperial History
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 788g
• ISBN-13: 9781789205077
• ISBN-10: 1789205077
• Artikelnr.: 56755697

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Illustrations
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Sir Christopher Clark
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Public Sphere in Edwardian London
Chapter 2. The Policy of Drift?: Balance of Power, Concert of Europe, or
Political Power Blocs?
Chapter 3. Safety First: The Politics of Defence and the Realities behind
Diplomacy
Chapter 4. Imperial Defence or Continental Commitment?
Chapter 5. Foreign Policy under Lansdowne and Balfour
Chapter 6. The Myth of Continuity: Foreign Policy under Edward Grey
Chapter 7. The Committee of Four: The German Peril Revisited
Chapter 8. At the Cost of Stability: The Anglo-Russian Convention and its
European Implications
Chapter 9. 'More Russian than the Russians'? British Balkan Diplomacy and
the Annexation of Bosnia 1908/9¿
Conclusion and Perspectives: The Triad of British Foreign Politics
Bibliography
Index