Pax Britannica? - British Foreign Policy 1789-1914

Informationen zum Autor Chamberlain, Muriel E. Zusammenfassung In this examination of Britain's political and diplomatic role on the international stage during the century of her imperial greatness, Muriel Chamberlain looks at how British foreign policy was affected, and to some extent dictated, by domestic political issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 The Consequences of the American War, 1783–1792; Chapter 2 The French Wars, 1792–1812; Part 2 The Classical Period of Nineteenth-Century Diplomacy; Chapter 3 Castlereagh: Villain or Statesman?; Chapter 4 From Canning to Palmerston; Chapter 5 An Alternative Tradition?; Chapter 6 The Years of Revolution; Chapter 7 The Crimean War: The Triumph of Lord Palmerston?; Part 3 A New and More Dangerous World; Chapter 8 The Turning Point; Chapter 9 ‘Imperium et Sanitas’ Versus Midlothian; Chapter 10 The great game; Chapter 11 The Coming of War; Conclusion;

Product details

• Authors: Chamberlain, Muriel E. Chamberlain, Chamberlain Muriel E.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.07.2016
• EAN: 9781138148642
• ISBN: 978-1-138-14864-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Studies in Modern History; Studies in Modern History
• Subjects: European History, HISTORY / General, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General