Sir Orme Sargent and British Policy Towards Europe, 1926-1949

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-39492-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Reihe: British Politics and Society

This book examines the career of Sir Orme Sargent, one of the most important and distinguished British diplomats of the twentieth century.

For almost a quarter of century, Sargent helped shape British policy towards Europe. Covering the period from 1926 to 1949, this study explores Sargent and Foreign Office responses during a tumultuous period which included the collapse of Weimar Germany, the rise of Fascism, the Second World War, Anglo-Soviet relations and the dawn of the Cold War. In doing so, it sheds light on an important but largely neglected historical figure in the study of twentieth century British foreign policy.

The book will be of use and interest to scholars, students and general researchers in the fields of twentieth-century foreign policy, British history, diplomatic relations and Britain’s relationship with Europe.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richardson, Adam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Preaching the Gospel of Reasonableness

2. In Search of Agreement

3. Defiant Yet Deterred

4. Diplomacy of Survival

5. Present and Future

6. Finding Britain’s Place in the World

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Adam Richardson is a historian and Digital Education Manager at the University of Leeds. His research focuses on the British Foreign Office, British diplomats, and international relations in the first half of the twentieth century.