UID:
almafu_9959229498302883
Format:
1 online resource (229 p.)
ISBN:
1-57392-304-4
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1-134-22970-4
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1-134-22971-2
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1-280-24747-9
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9786610247479
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0-203-01312-3
Content:
Recent debates about British political and military strategies, derived in particular from dissension about Britain's relationship with Europe and from disagreement over the Iraq war, has led to a greater awareness of the problematic nature of the concept of 'national interests'. This major new work delivers a long view of this issue, its twin strands are captured by an assessment both of the Continental commitment and British interventionism in the 18th Century. The extent to which Britain's rise to superpower status in America and Asia was related to the Continent
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Notes on dates, spelling and titles; Abbreviations; 1 Britain and the rise to world empire; 2 Hanover and the debate over policy; 3 Securing the new dynasty, 1714-21; 4 Cold wars on the Continent, 1721-31; 5 Opposition to interventionism, 1731-40; 6 The crisis of public support, 1740-8; 7 Revived tensions, 1748-58; 8 Hanover to the background, 1759-71; 9 Interventionism, George III and the Hanoverian connection, 1772-93; 10 Conclusions; Notes; Selected further reading; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-64699-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-36292-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203013120
