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British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos J. Fisher

British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos By J. Fisher

British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos by J. Fisher

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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.

British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos Summary

British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos: The Career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19 by J. Fisher

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.

About J. Fisher

JOHN FISHERteaches 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.

Table of Contents

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 191114 '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

Additional information

NPB9780230348974
9780230348974
0230348971
British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos: The Career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19 by J. Fisher
J. Fisher
Britain and the World
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2011-12-13
298
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