On the Fringes of Diplomacy

Influences on British Foreign Policy, 1800–1945

Antony Best, John Fisher

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English

Routledge
28 October 2011

European history; Archaeology; Social & political philosophy; Politics & government; Diplomacy

In recent decades the study of British foreign policy and diplomacy has broadened in focus. No longer is it enough for historians to look at the actions of the elite figures - diplomats and foreign secretaries - in isolation; increasingly the role of their advisers and subordinates, and those on the fringes of the diplomatic world, is recognised as having exerted critical influence on key decisions and policies. This volume gives further impetus to this revelation, honing in on the fringes of British diplomacy through a selection of case studies of individuals who were able to influence policy. By contextualising each study, the volume explores the wider circles in which these individuals moved, exploring the broader issues affecting the processes of foreign policy. Not the least of these is the issue of official mindsets and of networks of influence in Britain and overseas, inculcated, for example, in the leading public schools, at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and in gentlemen's clubs in London's West End.

As such the volume contributes to the growing literature on human agency as well as mentalité studies in the history of international relations. Moreover it also highlights related

themes which have been insufficiently studied by international historians, for example, the influence that outside groups such as missionaries and the press had on the shaping of foreign policy and the role that strategy, intelligence and the experience of war played in the diplomatic process. Through such an approach the workings of British diplomacy during the high-tide of empire is revealed in new and intriguing ways.

By: Antony Best
Edited by: John Fisher
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 748g
ISBN: 9781409401193
ISBN 10: 1409401197
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 28 October 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Antony Best, London School of Economics, UK and Dr John Fisher, University of the West of England, UK. John Charmley, Jennifer Davey David Brown, T.G. Otte, Keith Hamilton, Antony Best, Melanie Hall, Erik Goldstein, John Fisher, Hamish Ion, Saho Matsumoto-Best, Gaynor Johnson, Keith Neilson, Louise Atherton.

Reviews for On the Fringes of Diplomacy: Influences on British Foreign Policy, 1800–1945

'[This book] combines thorough research with an eye for the quirky. It has historic understanding with vivid descriptions of important personalities who influenced British foreign policy during the period.' Asian Affairs '... reveal[s] the hidden forces behind British foreign policy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and examine the false impressions that have occurred. ... deserve[s] to be read widely ...' Victorian Studies