Meddling in Middle Europe : Britain and the 'lands between' 1919-1925 / by Miklos Lojko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lojkó, Miklós.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Europe, Eastern.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Europe, Eastern.

Great Britain.

Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 377 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work addresses the much-ignored history of British policy towards Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland following the creation of nation states in Central Europe at the end of the First World War. Lojkó convincingly argues that the absence of trust in the new political settlement and the discrediting of the traditional channels of diplomacy resulted in British influence in the region, being exerted mainly in the form of commercial and financial undertakings. While not always successful, the emergence of this new policy affected the development of diplomatic ties with these new nations.Yet no lasting diplomatic leverage resulted from this British involvement, and the absence of such influence proved fatal in the late 1930's when the new system of nations was disintegrating under the pressure of escalating violence.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I Britain and Hungary: Partnership of Convenience

Chapter 1 Politics and Diplomacy: Limited Commitments

Chapter 2 The British Role in the Financial Reconstruction of Hungary after the First World War

Part II Britain and Czechoslovakia: Friendship to Estrangement

Chapter 3 Politics and Diplomacy: The ‘Pivot’ of Central Europe

Chapter 4 Britain, Czechoslovakia and the Politics of Finance

Part III British Policy towards Poland: Diplomats and Bankers against Heavy Odds

Chapter 5 Britain and the Rebirth of an Old State

Chapter 6 Britain and Poland: Financial Diplomacy with Barriers

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of Names

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-003-72068-4

978-6-15505-355-9

9786155053559

615-5053-55-3

1-281-37679-5

9786611376796

1-4237-5014-4

9781003720683

OCLC:

933516610