The French Foreign Office and the origins of the First World War, 1898-1914
By: M.B. Hayne.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: France. Ministère des affaires étrangères -- Officials and employees; World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes; Foreign ministers -- France -- History -- 20th century; France -- Foreign relations -- 1870-1940
Description: This is the first full scholarly history of the French Foreign Ministry - the Quai d'Orsay - in the years between the Fashoda Crisis and the First World War. In this intensively researched study, M.B. Hayne examines the bureaucratic machinery of the Quai d'Orsay, its policies, and its personnel. He explores the ideas and influence of leading diplomats and administrators, their prejudices, and their aims; and traces the often complex relationships between successive Foreign Ministers and the functionaries of the Quai d'Orsay. Dr Hayne's analysis throws much light on French policy and actions during the July Crisis, and makes a significant contribution to the debate over the origins of the First World War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-321) and index.