Balfour and Foreign Policy - The International Thought of a Conservative Statesman

Klappentext The first full analysis of the international thought of the British statesman A. J. Balfour (1848 1930). Zusammenfassung Arthur James Balfour was British Prime Minister (1902–5) and Foreign Secretary (1916–19), a conservative and an intellectual. This is the first analysis of his thinking on a full range of international issues, with emphasis on the primacy he attached to the Anglo-American partnership. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Biographical survey; 2. Race, progress, patriotism; 3. Imperialism; 4. Greater Britain; 5. The Franco-Russian challenge; 6. Germany and the War; 7. Anglo-America; 8. The Balfour Declaration; 9. The Russian Revolution; 10. The Far East; 11. The League of Nations; 12. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Tomes Jason, Jason Tomes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.05.2002
• EAN: 9780521893701
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89370-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: International Thought of a Con
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)