British Foreign Policy in an Age of Revolutions, 1783-1793

ISBN-13: 9780521466844 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 574 str.

Jeremy Black

Opis

In 1783 Britain had lost America and was unstable domestically. By 1793 she had regained her position as the leading global power. During the intervening years Britain went several times to the brink of war, and in 1793 Britain and France went beyond the brink. These successive crises are examined in an effort to throw light on the British state in an "Age of Revolutions." This is a study of British foreign policy in a crucial period of international political development. It provides a comprehensive account of the subject, and acts as a guide to the nature of the British state in the period and to international relations.

Recenzje

'This is an important and impressive book, in which a mastery of detail is allied to an appreciation of longer-term issues. It is diplomatic history written through a knowledge of sources, a regard for the importance of narrative in establishing the truth of events and a capacity to balance continuity and discontinuity in the interpretation of the past.' John Derry, The Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The aftermath of war; 2. Years of isolation, 1783–6; 3. Trade, France and the Dutch, 1786–7; 4. To the banks of the Danube, 1787–90; 5. To the shore of the Pacific; 6. The failure of Britain's continental policy, 1780–91; 7. Anglo-French relations from the fall of the Bastille to the Declaration of Pillnitz, 1789–91; 8. Neutrality, 1791–2; 9. The coming of war, 1792–3; 10. The domestic context of foreign policy; 11. The international system.