{"product_id":"the-policy-of-the-entente-essays-on-the-determinants-of-british-foreign-policy-1904-1914-paperback-9780521111652","title":"The Policy of the Entente; Essays on the Determinants of British Foreign Policy, 1904–1914 (Paperback) 9780521111652","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Policy of the Entente\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays on the Determinants of British Foreign Policy, 1904–1914\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book presents a realistic assessment of British priorities in the years before 1914.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKeith M. Wilson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521111652, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.31 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis collection of essays makes a major contribution to the growing debate on British foreign policy before the First World War, and mounts a sustained critique of the received interpretation that invites comparison with the work of Fritz Fischer on the foreign policy of Imperial Germany. The Policy of the Entente presents a realistic assessment of British priorities in the years before 1914, and considers the fundamental and conflicting pressures that determined the formulation of foreign policy. The author concludes that British policy, far from being increasingly Eurocentric, was emphatically imperial: indeed many of the difficulties faced by Britain's rulers stemmed from their inability to live up to this Imperial self-image.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. the poverty of the entente policy\u003cbr\u003e 2. The politics of liberal foreign policy I\u003cbr\u003e 3. The politics of liberal foreign policy II\u003cbr\u003e 4. The dissimulation of the balance of power\u003cbr\u003e 5. The fiction of the free hand\u003cbr\u003e 6. The invention of Germany\u003cbr\u003e 7. The military entente with France\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Cabinet's decision for War, 1914\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004604928280,"sku":"9780521111652","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521111652i_f0e899b6-cd1f-4b69-8bd1-032ac9212fdc.jpg?v=1691371209","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-policy-of-the-entente-essays-on-the-determinants-of-british-foreign-policy-1904-1914-paperback-9780521111652","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}