The Foreign Office Mind: The Making of British Foreign Policy, 1865–1914 - Couverture rigide

Otte, T. G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1107006503 ISBN 13 : 9781107006508

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

With this pioneering approach to the study of international history, T. G. Otte reconstructs the underlying principles, élite perceptions and 'unspoken assumptions' that shaped British foreign policy between the death of Palmerston and the outbreak of the First World War. Grounded in a wide range of public and private archival sources, and drawing on sociological insights, The Foreign Office Mind presents a comprehensive analysis of the foreign service as a 'knowledge-based organization', rooted in the social and educational background of the diplomatic élite and the broader political, social and cultural fabric of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. The book charts how the collective mindset of successive generations of professional diplomats evolved, and reacted to and shaped changes in international relations during the second half of the nineteenth century, including the balance of power and arms races, the origins of appeasement and the causes of the First World War.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

T. G. Otte is Senior Lecturer in Diplomatic History at the University of East Anglia. His recent publications include The China Question: Great Power Rivalry and British Isolation, 1894–1905 (2007), The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1854–1946 (with Keith Neilson, 2009) and Coalition Government in Britain: From Glorious Revolution to Cameron-Clegg (as editor, 2010).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1107006503
• ISBN 13: 9781107006508
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 468
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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