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Language: English
Published by Clarendon Press, 1991
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- Title
- Winning the Peace: British Diplomatic Strategy, Peace Planning, and the Paris Peace Conference, 1916-1920
- Author
- Goldstein, Erik
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0198215843
- ISBN 13
- 9780198215844
This is a study of the evolution of British plans for the peace settlement to follow World War I. The Paris Peace Conference marked a turning-point in international history generally, and for the British Empire in particular. A critical innovation was the introduction of expert advisers into the foreign policy process. Some perceived new imperatives for the age; others remained wedded to traditional beliefs. The author charts the development of Britain's diplomatic strategy for the post-war era, and shows that the handful of individuals closely involved in the formulation and implementation of foreign policy succeeded in creating a coherent diplomatic strategy. He examines a variety of issues, including the growth of government planning and the changing relations between the Civil Service and ministers. He analyzes the considerable influence of the little-studied Political Intelligence Department, whose members included Arnold Toynbee, Lewis Namier, Harold Nicolson, Alfred Zimmern, and
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This is a study of the evolution of British plans for the peace settlement to follow the First World War. The Paris Peace Conference marked a turning-point in international history, and for the British Empire. A critical innovation was the introduction of expert advisers into the foreign policy process. Some perceived new imperatives for the age; others remained wedded to traditional beliefs.
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