History and international relations / Martin Wight ; edited with an introduction by David Yost ; foreword by Beatrice Heuser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wight, Martin, author.

Contributor:

Yost, David, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

History.

Europe--Foreign relations.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

'History and International Relations' collects works of fundamental importance about history and international relations by the late Professor Martin Wight (1913-1972) who earned fame as the author of 'International Theory: The Three Traditions' (1991) and other posthumous books.

Contents:

cover

titlepage

copyright

dedication

Foreword

Preface: Martin Wight's Scholarly Stature

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction: Martin Wight on History and International Relations

1 What Is International Relations?

2 History and the Study of International Relations

3 What Makes a Good Historian?

4 The Principles of Historiographical Criticism

5 The Concept of Europe

6 United Europe: The Historical Background

7 Europe After 1945

8 British Policy in the Middle East

9 Brutus in Foreign Policy

10 Germany in The World in March 1939

11 Eastern Europe in The World in March 1939

12 Spain and Portugal in The World in March 1939

13 Switzerland, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia in The World in March 1939

14 Note on Partition

15 Arnold Toynbee: An Appreciation

16 Review of Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History, abridgment of Volumes I-VI by D. C. Somervell, under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1946)

17 Review of Arnold J. Toynbee, Civilisation on Trial (New York: Oxford University Press, 1948)

18 Dame Veronica Wedgwood, O.M.

19 Review of Charles Petrie, Diplomatic History 1713-1933 (London: Hollis &amp

Carter, 1946)

20 Review of A. L. Rowse, The Use of History (London: Hodder and Stoughton for the English Universities Press, 1946), and R. G. Collingwood, The Idea of History, edited by T. M. Knox (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946)

21 Review of Jacob Bronowski and Bruce Mazlish, The Western Intellectual Tradition (London: Hutchinson, 1960)

22 Review of Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft, translated from the French by Peter Putnam (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1954).

23 Review of Homer Carey Hockett, The Critical Method in Historical Research and Writing (New York and London: Macmillan Company, 1955), and Geoffrey Barraclough, History in a Changing World (Oxford: Blackwell, 1955)

24 Review of Denis Mack Smith, Cavour and Garibaldi 1860: A Study in Political Conflict (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954)

25 Review of A. J. P. Taylor, Rumours of Wars (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953)

26 Review of A. J. P. Taylor, The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954)

27 Review of A. J. P. Taylor, Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955)

28 Review of A. J. P. Taylor, The Habsburg Monarchy, 1809-1918: A History of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, new edition (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1948) in International Affairs

29 Review of Herbert Butterfield, History and Human Relations (London: Collins, 1951)

30 Review of Edouard Perroy, The Hundred Years' War, translated by W. B. Wells, with an introduction by David Douglas (London: Eyre and Spottiswode, 1951)

31 Review of L. B. Namier, Avenues of History (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1952)

32 Review of Sir Lewis Namier, In the Nazi Era (London: Macmillan, 1952)

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 24, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-269314-X

0-19-195955-3

0-19-269313-1