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Informationen zum Autor Gordon A. Craig was for more than half a century one of America's foremost historians of Germany and Europe. He was the J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University and (in 1982) the president of the American Historical Association. He was a member of the German Federal Republic's Orden Pour le Merite fur Wissen schaften und Kunste, and (in 1999) winner of the first Benjamin Franklin--Wilhelm von Humboldt Prize of the German-American Academic Council. Klappentext During a career that spanned sixty years, Gordon A. Craig (1913¿2005) was one of Americäs leading authorities on diplomatic history and international relations. This volume of previously uncollected essays (with one essay published here for the first time) includes several surveys, from different perspectives, of the field of diplomatic history; comparative studies of American and European conceptions of foreign policy and the balance of power; and essays on the theory and practice of diplomacy, focusing especially on the turbulent twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Contains essays which include surveys! from different perspectives! of the field of diplomatic history; comparative studies of American and European conceptions of foreign policy and the balance of power. This title also includes essays on the theory and practice of diplomacy! focusing on the turbulent twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by James J. Sheehan Editors' Note PART ONE: The Historian's Craft 1. On the Nature of Diplomatic History: The Relevance of Some Old Books 2. On the Pleasure of Reading Diplomat Correspondence 3. The Historian and the Study of International Relations PART TWO: The Balance of Power 4. The System of Alliances and the Balance of Power 5. Europe and the Balance of Power, 1871-1914 6. The Founding Fathers and the Balance of Power 7. The United States and the European Balance 8. Germany and the United States: Some Historic Parallels and Differences and their Reflection in Attitudes Toward Foreign Policy PART THREE: Between the Wars 9. Prewar Diplomacy in Europe 10. Munich: The Price of Peace 11. Dangerous Liaisons PART FOUR: The Second World War and Beyond 12. Roosevelt and Hitler: The Problem of Perception 13. Diplomats and Diplomacy During the Second World War 14. Churchill and Germany 15. The Good Soldier 16. Looking for Order REFERENCE MATTER Notes Bibliographical Note Index ...
