British Diplomacy and the Descent Into Chaos

The Career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-34588-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Reihe: Britain and the World

Recreating the diplomatic career of Jack Garnett, from 1902-1919, John Fisher reveals a fascinating individual as well as contextualizing his story with regard to British policy in the countries to which he was posted in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, during a period of rapid change in international politics and in Britain's world role.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fisher, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Constantinople: 'a very wonderful place' Like a Plant Uprooted: Life in Peking 'People who squeeze and people who may be squeezed': Across Mongolia, 1908 Bucharest and St. Petersburg Teheran 1911–14 – 'into the vortex' London, Sophia and Athens, and the 'episode of the floating bag' Tangier – 'a confusion of the East and the West' A 'hardly used genus': First Secretary in Buenos Aires A Climacteric Epilogue Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

JOHN FISHER teaches History at the University of the West of England, Bristol. His previous books include Curzon (1999), and (2002), and he has also co-edited several books and written many journal articles.