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Between Empire and Continent: British Foreign Policy before the First World War
Andreas Rose
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Description for Between Empire and Continent: British Foreign Policy before the First World War
Hardback. Historians have commonly interpreted Britain's attempts to break through older alliances of European states before World War I as a reaction to aggressive German foreign policy. This groundbreaking political history demonstrates that British strategy instead arose from the complex interplay of national, continental and imperial considerations. Series: Studies in British & Imperial History. Num Pages: 688 pages, 1 illustration, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; HBLW; HBWN; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In the years leading up to the First World War, Great Britain sat at the center of global relations, and it applied its considerable diplomatic strength to break through the older alliances of European states. Historians have commonly interpreted these efforts as a reaction to Germany's aggressive foreign policy, but as this groundbreaking political history demonstrates, Britain's strategy instead arose from the complex interplay of national, continental and imperial considerations. Between Empire and Continent explores the intense political space that was prewar London, reconstructing the negotiations and disputes that drove British foreign policy while offering a persuasive new model for ... Read more
In the years leading up to the First World War, Great Britain sat at the center of global relations, and it applied its considerable diplomatic strength to break through the older alliances of European states. Historians have commonly interpreted these efforts as a reaction to Germany's aggressive foreign policy, but as this groundbreaking political history demonstrates, Britain's strategy instead arose from the complex interplay of national, continental and imperial considerations. Between Empire and Continent explores the intense political space that was prewar London, reconstructing the negotiations and disputes that drove British foreign policy while offering a persuasive new model for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Studies in British & Imperial History
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
542
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785335785
SKU
V9781785335785
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About Andreas Rose
Andreas Rose teaches Modern History at the University of Bonn. His research interests include the international history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the history of Britain and Germany. His recent publications include Die Aussenpolitik des Wilhelminischen Kaiserreichs, 1890-1918 (2013) and, as coeditor, The Wars before the Great War: Conflict and International Politics before the Outbreak of the Great ... Read more
Reviews for Between Empire and Continent: British Foreign Policy before the First World War
Meticulously researched and masterfully argued... Rose skillfully demonstrates that, driven by domestic concerns and by the strategic challenge posed primarily by France and Russia, rather than Germany, Britain embarked on a radical overhaul of its foreign affairs.
Thomas Weber, University of Aberdeen
Thomas Weber, University of Aberdeen