Antony Best: 3 books
by Antony Best, Jussi Hanhimaki, Joseph A. Maiolo
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
This hugely successful global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward.
Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible and seamless account of...
Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour
Avoiding War in East Asia, 1936-1941
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Recent controversies about Pearl Harbour have highlighted the need for a new assessment of British policy towards Japan during the period leading up to the Pacific War. Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour provides a thorough and authoritative account of British efforts to avert conflict with Japan, and...
On the Fringes of Diplomacy
Influences on British Foreign Policy, 1800–1945
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
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...