Diplomacy and World Power : Studies in British Foreign Policy, 1890–1951 (Paperback)

1. Introduction Michael Dockrill and Brian McKercher; 2. 'A world apart': gentlemen amateurs, professional generalists Valerie Cromwell; 3. 'Experiencing the foreign': British foreign policy makers and the delights of travel Keith Robbins; 4. Arbitration: the first phase, 1870?1914 Richard Langhorne; 5. 'Only a d....d marionette'?: the influence of ambassadors on British foreign policy, 1904?1914 Keith Neilson; 6. Old diplomacy and new: the Foreign Office and foreign policy, 1919?1939 Brian McKercher; 7. The evolution of British diplomatic strategy for the Locarno Pact, 1924?1925 Eric Goldstein; 8. Chamberlain's ambassadors Donald Cameron Watt; 9. The British Foreign Office and France during the 'phoney war', September 1939?May 1940 Michael Dockrill; 10. Churchill the appeaser? Between Hitler, Roosevelt and Stalin in the Second World War David Reynolds; 11. From ally to enemy: Britain and the Soviet Union, 1941?1948 Geoffrey Warner; Biographical notes.