The Foreign Office and British Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century

Informationen zum Autor Gaynor Johnson Klappentext This book examines the evolution of the Foreign Office in the twentieth century and how it has responded to Britain's changing role in international affairs. Zusammenfassung This book examines the evolution of the Foreign Office in the twentieth century and how it has responded to Britain's changing role in international affairs. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Foreign Office and British Foreign Policy: Adaptation and Resistance 2. Empire and Europe: The Foreign Office and Foreign Policy, 1890-1914 3. Lord Curzon as Acting Foreign Secretary, Jan-Oct 1919 4. Adapting to a New World? British Foreign Policy in the 1920s 5. The Foreign Office 1930-1939: Permanent Interests and National Security 6. The Foreign Office, Anglo-American Relations, and the Pursuit of 'Power by Proxy', 1952-1957 7. Splendid Isolation to Finest Hour: Britain as a Global Power, 1900-1950 8. From Carbon Paper to E-mail: Changes in Methods in the Foreign Office, 1950-2000 9. The Input of the Paris Embassy to the British 'Great Debate' on Europe, Summer 1960 10. Thirty Years in the FCO: From Coal Scuttle to Computer 11. Accommodating Diplomacy: Plans for Reconstruction and Renovation of the Foreign Office's Main Building during the Heath and Wilson Governments 12. Skin of the Teeth: Why did Wilton Park Outlive the Twentieth Century? Afterword

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gaynor Johnson
• Mitarbeit: Gaynor Johnson (Herausgeber), Gaynor Dr Johnson (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cass, Frank
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.06.2005
• EAN: 9780714656793
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-5679-3
• Abmessung: 165 mm x 242 mm x 25 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Schule und Lernen > Unterrichtsvorbereitung > Berufliche Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Politics & government, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Politics and government