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The Makers of British Foreign Policy: From Pitt to Thatcher
Thomas G. . Ed(S): Otte
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paperback. Editor(s): Otte, Thomas G. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
The compelling essays brought together in this collection provide new assessments of the course of British foreign policy from the Glorious Revolution to the Treaty of Maastricht in 1991, its underlying principles as well as Britain's standing in international politics. The essays examine these issues through the prism of the personalities of those Foreign Secretaries and Prime Ministers who had a major impact on the course and conduct of British foreign policy, from the elder Pitt in the eighteenth century to Margaret Thatcher at the end of the twentieth. This collection of essays offers a powerful challenge to many traditional ... Read more
The compelling essays brought together in this collection provide new assessments of the course of British foreign policy from the Glorious Revolution to the Treaty of Maastricht in 1991, its underlying principles as well as Britain's standing in international politics. The essays examine these issues through the prism of the personalities of those Foreign Secretaries and Prime Ministers who had a major impact on the course and conduct of British foreign policy, from the elder Pitt in the eighteenth century to Margaret Thatcher at the end of the twentieth. This collection of essays offers a powerful challenge to many traditional ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349661107
SKU
V9781349661107
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99-15
About Thomas G. . Ed(S): Otte
NIGEL J. ASHTON Lecturer in International History, London School of Economics C.J. BARTLETT Emeritus Professor of International History, University of Dundee JEREMY BLACK Professor of History, University of Exeter JOHN CHARMLEY Professor of Diplomatic History, University of East Anglia DAVID DUTTON Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool RICHAD S. GRAYSON Director, Centre for Reform, Special Adviser to the Leader of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Makers of British Foreign Policy: From Pitt to Thatcher
'The Makers of British Foreign Policy is a rich collection of essays of unusually high quality on Britain's chief foreign policy-makers, from the elder Pitt to Lady Thatcher...These studies can be read as case histories in the rise and decline of British power, revealing a far more irregular process of change than is so often assumed...This book is well worth ... Read more