1st Edition
On the Fringes of Diplomacy Influences on British Foreign Policy, 1800�1945
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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In recent decades the study of British foreign policy and diplomacy has broadened in focus. No longer is it enough for historians to look at the actions of the elite figures - diplomats and foreign secretaries - in isolation; increasingly the role of their advisers and subordinates, and those on the fringes of the diplomatic world, is recognised as having exerted critical influence on key... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Invisible Politician, John Charmley, Jennifer Davey; Chapter 2 Diplomacy and the Fourth Estate, David Brown; Chapter 3 ‘He Interviews the Ambassadors’, T.G. Otte; Chapter 4 Services Rendered, Keith Hamilton; Chapter 5 The Double Agent’s Tale, Antony Best; Chapter 6 Writers, the Clergy, and the ‘Diplomatisation of Culture’, Melanie Hall, Erik Goldstein; Chapter 7 ‘An Eagle Whose Wings Are Not Always Easy to Clip’, John Fisher; Chapter 8 Gunboats, Independence Movements and War, Hamish Ion; Chapter 9 The Cultural Diplomacy of Sir James Rennell Rodd, Saho Matsumoto-Best; Chapter 10 ‘Diplomatic Light and Shade’, Gaynor Johnson; Chapter 11 ‘An Excellent Conning-Tower’, Keith Neilson; Chapter 12 ‘Miserably Kept Running In Low Gear’, Louise Atherton;
Biography
Dr Antony Best, London School of Economics, UK and Dr John Fisher, University of the West of England, UK.
'[This book] combines thorough research with an eye for the quirky. It has historic understanding with vivid descriptions of important personalities who influenced British foreign policy during the period.' Asian Affairs '... reveal[s] the hidden forces behind British foreign policy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and examine the false impressions that have occurred. ... deserve[s] to be read widely ...' Victorian Studies
