British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos [electronic resource] : The Career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19 /
Fisher, J.author.
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Garnett, William James, 1878-1965.
Great Britain—History.
World politics.
World history.
History, Modern.
Literature.
Diplomacy.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Political History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Modern History.
Literature, general.
Diplomacy.