British foreign policy has always been based on distinctive principles since the setting up of the Foreign Office in 1782 as one of the two original offices of

Prior to World War I, Britain was at the center of global relations, utilizing tactics of diplomacy as it broke through the old alliances of European states. Hi

This book addresses the interface of the British Foreign Office, foreign policy and commerce in the twentieth century. Two related questions are considered: wha

"Set against the background of England's economic and military power, the book's recurrent theme is the determination of successive governments to preserve maxi