Diplomacy and world power
Subtitle: studies in British foreign policy, 1890-1950
By: edited by Michael Dockrill and Brian McKercher.
Contributors: Dockrill, M. L.; McKercher, B. J. C., 1950-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: World politics -- 20th century.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1837-1901.
Description: Zara Steiner's contribution to the history of modern British foreign policy has shown successfully the connexion between the attitudes of those who have been responsible for British diplomacy and the policies they produced.

Thus, in honouring Dr Steiner, the contributors to this volume explore a number of case studies involving personality and foreign policy: examining the attitudes of those who made or influenced British diplomatic strategies; how these attitudes were shaped by and, occasionally, shaped events; and how British foreign policy in a few instances was fashioned as a result.

The contributors have concentrated their efforts on the years 1890-1950, the period of Dr Steiner's interest. This is an important juncture in both international and British history, when Britain's position as the only world power was undermined by the nature of the first and second world wars, and when British diplomats and others had to make adjustments to changed domestic and external conditions in war and peace.

The volume therefore adds to the explanations about how and why the transition in Britain's status as a Great Power occurred in the way it did.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-261) and index.