British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos

The Career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19

AvJ. Fisher

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-01-01
Mått:155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:445 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Britain and the World
Antal sidor:298
Upplaga:2012
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349345885

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

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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