Splendid Isolation?: Britain, the Balance of Power and the Origins of the First World War - Softcover

Charmley, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571250297 ISBN 13: 9780571250295

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2009

Synopsis

Splendid Isolation? is at once a portrait of British politics and diplomacy at the height of British power and a revisionist account of the First World War. John Charmley argues a powerful and challenging case, forcing a fresh look at a period long held to be part of the glorious British past.

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About the Author

John Charmley is a British diplomatic historian and a professor of modern history at the University of East Anglia, where he is head of the school of history. He is the author of eight books, five of which are being reissued in Faber Finds. He is perhaps most famous for his revisionist interpretation of British foreign policy in the mid-twentieth century, dealing with subjects like Appeasement and the Second World War with a degree of iconoclasm.

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571250297
• ISBN 13: 9780571250295
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 536