J. Fisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2012
9781349345885
British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos
The Career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19
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Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 2012
ISBN13: 9781349345885
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Britain and the World
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
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.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349345885
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Serie:Britain and the World
Inhoudsopgave
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