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Between empire and continent : Britain and the origins of the Great War, 1895-1914 / Andreas Rose ; translated by Rona Johnston Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rose, Andreas, 1976- author.
- Series:
- Studies in British and imperial history ; Volume 5.
- Studies in British and Imperial History ; Volume 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Triple Entente, 1907.
- Eastern question (Balkan).
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--1901-1910.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--1837-1901.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Russia.
- Russia--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Russia.
- Europe--Politics and government--1871-1918.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (528 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York ; Oxford, [England] : berghahn, 2011.
- Summary:
- Prior to World War I, Britain was at the center of global relations, utilizing tactics of diplomacy as it broke through the old alliances of European states. Historians have regularly interpreted these efforts as a reaction to the aggressive foreign policy of the German Empire. However, as Between Empire and Continent demonstrates, British foreign policy was in fact driven by a nexus of intra-British, continental and imperial motivations. Recreating the often heated public sphere of London at the turn of the twentieth century, this groundbreaking study carefully tracks the alliances, conflicts, and political maneuvering from which British foreign and security policy were born.
- Contents:
- The public sphere in Edwardian London
- The policy of drift?: balance of power, concert of Europe, or political power blocks?
- Safety first: the politics of defence and the realities behind diplomacy
- Imperial defence or continental commitment?
- Foreign policy under Lansdowne and Balfour
- The myth of continuity: foreign policy under Edward Grey
- The Committee of Four: the German peril revisited
- At the cost of stability: the Anglo-Russian Convention and its European implications
- More Russian than the Russians?: British Balkan diplomacy and the annexation of Bosnia 1908-9
- Conclusion and perspectives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781785335792
- 1785335790
- OCLC:
- 988872211
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