Description |
1 online resource (xv, 408 pages) : maps |
Series |
OUP E-Books
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Contents |
1. Power and Personality -- 2. The Elite's Russia -- 3. The Public's Russia -- 4. The Bear and the Whale: Russia in British Defence Planning -- 5. Problems Old and New: China and Armenia, 1894-1896 -- 6. Concessions, Conflict, and Conciliation: China, 1895-1899 -- 7. Anglo-Russian Relations, 1899-1903: China and Central Asia -- 8. The Russo-Japanese War -- 9. Forging the Anglo-Russian Convention -- 10. Alliance Firmed, 1907-1910 -- 11. Alliance Under Fire, 1911-1914 -- 12. Alliance in Action, 1914-1917 |
Summary |
This reinterpretation of British foreign and defence policy before World War I argues that British policies were determined not by a fear of Wilhelmine Germany, but rather by a desire to protect British interests abroad, which were threatened more seriously in the long term by Russia |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-399) and index |
Notes |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Diplomatic relations
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Regions & Countries - Europe.
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Great Britain.
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History & Archaeology.
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Russia
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1901-1936.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056714
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1837-1901.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056711
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Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
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Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- 1894-1917
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Subject |
Great Britain
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Russia
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Russia (Federation)
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
95020059 |
ISBN |
9786610767144 |
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6610767149 |
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9780198204701 |
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0198204701 |
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1280767146 |
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9781280767142 |
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9780191676369 |
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0191676365 |
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