British diplomacy in Turkey, 1583 to the present : a study in the evolution of the resident embassy / by G.R. Berridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berridge, Geoff.

Series:

Diplomatic studies ; v. 3.

Diplomatic studies, 1872-8863 ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomatic and consular service--Great Britain--History.

Diplomatic and consular service.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Turkey.

Great Britain.

Turkey--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the early twentieth century the resident embassy has been supposed to be living on borrowed time. By means of an exhaustive historical account of the contribution of the British Embassy in Turkey to Britain’s diplomatic relationship with that state, this book shows this to be false. Part A analyses the evolution of the embassy as a working unit up to the First World War: the buildings, diplomats, dragomans, consular network, and communications. Part B examines how, without any radical changes except in its communications, it successfully met the heavy demands made on it in the following century, for example by playing a key role in a multitude of bilateral negotiations and providing cover to secret agents and drugs liaison officers.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / G.R. Berridge

Introduction / G.R. Berridge

Chapter One. ‘The English Palace’ / G.R. Berridge

Chapter Two. Diplomats / G.R. Berridge

Chapter Three. Dragomans / G.R. Berridge

Chapter Four. Consuls / G.R. Berridge

Chapter Five. Communications / G.R. Berridge

Chapter Six. Foreigners And Sailors, 1914–24 / G.R. Berridge

Chapter Seven. Reluctantly To Ankara, 1924–38 / G.R. Berridge

Chapter Eight. Embassy At War, 1939–44 / G.R. Berridge

Chapter Nine. Business As Usual, 1945–74 / G.R. Berridge

Chapter Ten. Business Above All? 1974–2008 / G.R. Berridge

Conclusion / G.R. Berridge

Appendices / G.R. Berridge

List Of Works Cited / G.R. Berridge

Index / G.R. Berridge.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-60148-2

9786612601484

90-474-2983-4

OCLC:

593351831

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004176393.i-336 DOI