Download or read book British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos written by J. Fisher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Foreign Office Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century written by John Fisher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the interface of the British Foreign Office, foreign policy and commerce in the twentieth century. Two related questions are considered: what did the Foreign Office do to support British commerce, and how did commerce influence British foreign policy? The editors of this work collect a range of case studies that explore the attitude of the Foreign Office towards commerce and trade promotion, against the backdrop of a century of relative economic decline, while also considering the role of British diplomats in creating markets and supporting UK firms. This highly researched and detailed examination is designed for readers aiming to comprehend the role that commerce played in Britain’s foreign relations, in a century when trade and commerce have become an inseparable element in foreign and security policies.

Download or read book Britain in Global Politics Volume 1 written by C. Baxter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays focuses upon Britain's international and imperial role from the mid-Victorian era through until the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Individual chapters by acknowledged authorities in their field deal with a variety of broad-ranging and particular issues, including: 'cold wars' before the Cold War in Anglo-Russian relations; Lord Curzon and the diplomacy of war and peace-making; air-power as an instrument of colonial control; Foreign Office efforts to frame and influence the historical narrative; Winston Churchill's alternative to, and the pursuit of, policies of 'appeasement'; British responses to conflict and regime change in Spain; the Secret Intelligence Service and British diplomacy in East Asia'; Neville Chamberlain and the 'phoney war'; efforts to combat American misperceptions of Britain in wartime; and British-American differences over the future of Italy's colonial possessions. This collection, along with the accompanying volume covering the period after World War 2, is dedicated to the memory of Professor Saki Dockrill.

Download or read book British Diplomacy and the Iranian Revolution 1978 1981 written by Luman Ali and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates how British diplomats in Tehran and London reacted to the overthrow of the Shah and the creation of an Islamic Republic in Iran, which had previously been a major political and commercial partner for London in the Middle East. Making substantial use of recently declassified archival material, the book explores the role of a significant diplomatic institution – the resident embassy – and the impact of revolutions on diplomatic relations. It evaluates the performance of those charged with British diplomacy during the Iranian Revolution, as Britain’s position fell from favour under the post-revolutionary regime. Examining the views of key diplomatic personnel at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and British ministers, this study seeks to explain how British policy towards Iran was shaped and the means of diplomacy employed. In charting the evolution of Britain’s diplomatic relationship with Iran during this period, a number of factors are considered, including historical experience, geography, economics, world politics and domestic concerns. It also highlights the impact of events within the Iranian domestic political scene which were beyond London’s control but which shaped British policy significantly.

Download or read book British Policy in the Persian Gulf 1961 1968 written by Helene von Bismarck and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth analysis of Great Britain's policy in the oil-rich Persian Gulf region during the last years of British imperialism in the area, covering the period from the independence of Kuwait to the decision of the Wilson Government to withdraw from the Gulf.

Download or read book British Burma in the New Century 1895 1918 written by Stephen L Keck and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Burma in the New Century draws upon neglected but talented colonial authors to portray Burma between 1895 and 1918, which was the apogee of British governance. These writers, most of them 'Burmaphiles' wrote against widespread misperceptions about Burma.

Download or read book The Glubb Reports Glubb Pasha and Britain s Empire Project in the Middle East 1920 1956 written by Tancred Bradshaw and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Glubb Reports studies papers written by General Sir John Glubb, the long-serving British commander of the Jordanian Arab Legion. It covers issues such as the role of tribes and desert control, the impact of Palestine, the Arab Legion's role in the first Arab-Israeli war, the expansion of the Arab Legion, and Glubb's dismissal in 1956.

Download or read book Cinema and Society in the British Empire 1895 1940 written by James Burns and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1940 going to the movies was the most popular form of public leisure in Britain's empire. This book explores the social and cultural impact of the movies in colonial societies in the early cinema age.

Download or read book British Images of Germany written by R. Scully and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Images of Germany is the first full-length cultural history of Britain's relationship with Germany in the key period leading up to the First World War. Richard Scully reassesses what is imagined to be a fraught relationship, illuminating the sense of kinship Britons felt for Germany even in times of diplomatic tension.

Download or read book Sport and the British World 1900 1930 written by E. Nielsen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a lively study of the role that Australians and New Zealanders played in defining the British sporting concept of amateurism. In doing so, they contributed to understandings of wider British identity across the sporting world.

Download or read book Britain s Imperial Muse written by C. Hagerman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain's Imperial Muse explores the classics' contribution to British imperialism and to the experience of empire in India through the long 19th century. It reveals the classics role as a foundational source for positive conceptions of empire and a rhetorical arsenal used by commentators to justify conquest and domination, especially of India.

Download or read book The British Abroad Since the Eighteenth Century Volume 2 written by Xavier Guégan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of twelve interdisciplinary essays from international scholars concerned with examining the British experience of Empire since the eighteenth century. It considers themes such as national identity, modernity, culture, social class, diplomacy, consumerism, gender, postcolonialism, and perceptions of Britain's place in the world.

Download or read book The British Abroad Since the Eighteenth Century Volume 1 written by Xavier Guégan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the British travelling beyond their isles over the last three hundred years, and through a range of interdisciplinary perspectives reflects on their taste for discovery and self-discovery both through the exploration – and exploitation – of other lands and peoples.

Download or read book Imperial Culture in Antipodean Cities 1880 1939 written by J. Griffiths and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, this book explores how far imperial culture penetrated antipodean city institutions. It argues that far from imperial saturation, the city 'Down Under' was remarkably untouched by the Empire.

Download or read book Ramparts of Empire written by B. Marsh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cultural and political study examines British perceptions and policies on India's Afghan Frontier between 1918 and 1948 and the impact of these on the local Pashtun population, India as a whole, and the decline of British imperialism in South Asia.

Download or read book Pax Britannica written by B. Gough and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book by world-expert Barry Gough examines the period of Pax Britannica , in the century before World War I. Following events of those 100 years, the book follows how the British failed to maintain their global hegemony of sea power in the face of continental challenges.

Download or read book New Delhi The Last Imperial City written by D. Johnson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnson provides an historically rich examination of the intersection of early twentieth-century imperial culture, imperial politics, and imperial economics as reflected in the colonial built environment at New Delhi, a remarkably ambitious imperial capital built by the British between 1911 and 1931.