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  • Statesman of Europe

    A Life of Sir Edward Grey

    de T. G. Otte ...
    'The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our life-time.' The words of Sir Edward Grey, looking out from the windows of the Foreign Office at the end of August 1914, are amongst the most famous in European history, and encapsulate the impending end of the nineteenth-century world.The man who spoke them was Britain's longest-ever serving Foreign Secretary (in a ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • July Crisis

    The World's Descent into War, Summer 1914

    de T. G. Otte ...
    This is a magisterial new account of Europe's tragic descent into a largely inadvertent war in the summer of 1914. Thomas Otte reveals why a century-old system of Great Power politics collapsed so disastrously in the weeks from the 'shot heard around the world' on June 28th to Germany's declaration of war on Russia on August 1st. He shows definitively that the key to understanding how and why ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

  • Leuthen

    Great Battles

    de T. G. Otte ...
    Series series Great Battles
    Leuthen (1757) is one of the best-known battles of the Seven Years' War, the most consequential conflict in continental Europe between the Thirty Years' War and the wars of Revolutionary and then Napoleonic France. It was a victory against the odds, over a vastly superior Austrian enemy who held the initiative in the war. Leuthen confirmed the reputation of Frederick II ('the Great') of Prussia as ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The Foreign Office Mind

    The Making of British Foreign Policy, 1865–1914

    de T. G. Otte ...
    With this pioneering approach to the study of international history, T. G. Otte reconstructs the underlying principles, élite perceptions and 'unspoken assumptions' that shaped British foreign policy between the death of Palmerston and the outbreak of the First World War. Grounded in a wide range of public and private archival sources, and drawing on sociological insights, The Foreign Office Mind ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • British World Policy and the Projection of Global Power, c.1830–1960

    de T. G. Otte ...
    A fundamental truth about British power in the nineteenth century and beyond was that Britain was a global power. Her international position rested on her global economic, naval and political presence; and her foreign policy operated on a global scale. This volume throws into sharp relief the material elements of British power, but also its less tangible components, from Britain's global network ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1854-1946

    de Keith Neilson, T.G. Otte ...
    Series series British Politics and Society
    Chief among the personnel at the Foreign Office is the Permanent Under-secretary, the senior civil servant who oversees the department and advises the Foreign Secretary. This book is a study of the twelve men who held this Office from 1854–1946. ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • The Age of Anniversaries

    The Cult of Commemoration, 1895-1925

    Edición de T. G. Otte ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern European History
    For historians centennial commemorations furnish an excellent heuristic tool for gauging late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century attitudes towards the past and the present. Centenary celebrations helped to revive, perpetuate and reinforce public perceptions of historical events and people in collective memory. They were fairly infrequent before 1850 but increased in size and numbers by the ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

  • Studies in Diplomacy and Statecraft

    Essays in Honour of Erik Goldstein

    Edición de T. G. Otte ...
    The chapters in this edited volume, individually and collectively, pay homage to Erik Goldstein’s contribution to contemporary scholarship in the fields of international history, diplomatic studies and international security.The book offers insights into the rich tapestry of past and present international relations with differing emphases on political, military and cultural aspects. While some of ... Leer más

    $59.99 USD

  • Personalities, War and Diplomacy

    Essays in International History

    Edición de T.G. Otte, C. Pagedas ...
    Combines essays on the "personality dimension" in the 19th and 20th century international history, placing in a proper historical perspective the impact of individual diplomats, politicians and military strategists on foreign policy-making. ... Leer más

    $77.99 USD

  • An Historian in Peace and War

    The Diaries of Harold Temperley

    Edición de T.G. Otte ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in First World War History
    The First World War and subsequent peace settlement shaped the course of the twentieth century, and the profound significance of these events were not lost on Harold Temperley, whose diaries are presented here. An established scholar, and later one of Britain’s foremost modern and diplomatic historians, Temperley enlisted in the army at the outbreak of the war in August 1914. Invalided home from ... Leer más

    $84.99 USD

  • Railways and International Politics

    Paths of Empire, 1848-1945

    Edición de T.G. Otte, Keith Neilson ...
    Series series Military History and Policy
    This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a greater impact than any other technical or industrial innovation before and completely redefined the limits of the civilized world.While the effect of railways on economic development is self-evident, little attention has been paid to their impact on ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

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  • Europe's Last Summer

    Who Started the Great War in 1914?

    de David Fromkin ...
    When war broke out in Europe in 1914, it surprised a European population enjoying the most beautiful summer in memory. For nearly a century since, historians have debated the causes of the war. Some have cited the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; others have concluded it was unavoidable.In Europe’s Last Summer, David Fromkin provides a different answer: hostilities were commenced ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD