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Under the wire : how the telegraph changed diplomacy / David Paull Nickles.
Lippincott Library HE7631 .N516 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nickles, David Paull, 1966-
- Series:
- Harvard historical studies ; v. 144.
- Harvard historical studies ; 144
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Telegraph--History.
- Telegraph.
- History.
- Diplomacy--History.
- Diplomacy.
- Diplomats--History.
- Diplomats.
- Negotiation--History.
- Negotiation.
- Physical Description:
- 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- shorter time period.
- "Under the Wire" offers a fascinating new perspective on the culture of diplomacy and the social history of technology.
- Contents:
- I. Control 15
- 1 The Anglo-American Crisis of 1812 17
- 2 Diplomatic Autonomy and Telecommunications 31
- II. Speed 63
- 3 The Trent Affair 65
- 4 Speed and Diplomacy 79
- 5 Diplomatic Time 103
- III. The Medium 135
- 6 The Zimmermann Telegram 137
- 7 Technical and Economic Factors 161.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-256) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674010353
- OCLC:
- 52638603
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