Britain, Russia, and the road to the First World War
Subtitle: the fateful embassy of of Count Aleksandr Benckendorff (1903-16)
By: Marina Soroka
Series: Birmingham studies in First World War history
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781409422464; 9781409422471
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Foreign relations; Diplomatic history; Ambassadors; Causes; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references(p. [225]-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: The premises (1830-1900); title: Old diplomacy à la russe, 1868-1902; title: The new ambassador and his objectives, 1902-4; title: The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5; title: The Anglo-Russian negotiations in 1905-7; title: The school of compromise, 1907-8; title: Balance abandoned, 1908-10; title: Waiting for an August war, 1910-13; title: The price of an alliance, 1914-17.