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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Otte, Thomas G. (1967-....)
Titre(s) : The Foreign office mind [Texte imprimé] : the making of British foreign policy, 1865-1914 / T. G. Otte
Publication : Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
Description matérielle : xiii, 437 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; 1. Illusions of supremacy: the Foreign Office mind, 1865-1874 ; 2.
The problems of isolation: the Foreign Office mind, 1874-1885 ; 3. Problems of consolidation:
the Foreign Office mind, 1885-1892 ; 4. Two eastern questions: the Foreign Office
mind and the period of flux in great power politics, 1892-1900 ; 5. The transformation
of great power politics: the Edwardian Foreign Office mind, 1900-1907 ; 6. The end
of an era: the late-Edwardian Foreign Office mind, 1907-1914 ; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-430) and index
"With this pioneering approach to the study of international history, T. G. Otte reconstructs
the underlying principles, elite perceptions and 'unspoken assumptions' that shaped
British foreign policy between the death of Palmerston and the outbreak of the First
World War. Grounded in a wide range of public and private archival sources, and drawing
on sociological insights, The Foreign Office Mind presents a comprehensive analysis
of the foreign service as a 'knowledge-based-organisation', rooted in the social and
educational background of the diplomatic elite and the broader political, social and
cultural fabric of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. The book charts how the collective
mindset of successive generations of professional diplomats evolved, and reacted to
and shaped changes in international relations during the second half of the nineteenth
century, including the balance of power and arms races, the origins of appeasement
and the origins of the First World War"--
Sujet(s) : Diplomates -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1870-1914
Relations extérieures -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1901-1936
Relations extérieures -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1837-1901
Grande-Bretagne. Foreign office -- 1870-1914
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107006508 (hardback). - ISBN 1107006503 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb423881829
Notice n° :
FRBNF42388182
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