Britain and British Diplomacy: 1815-1885

Author: John Lothrop
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book takes the foreign policies of several famous British Prime Ministers and Foreign Secretaries in 19th-century England, such as Castlereagh, Palmerston, and Gladstone, as its main thread, vividly depicting the changes in British foreign policy at the time, as well as the complex contradictions, conflicts, and struggles reflected in this trajectory between the United Kingdom and other major powers on the European continent, such as France, Prussia, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and its overseas colonies. By providing an overall outline of 19th-century British foreign policy, the book explores from a unique perspective the intriguing and controversial historical question of how the United Kingdom, once hailed as the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" and leading the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, lost its position as a world superpower. The book is well-structured, concise, and written in a lively style, making it suitable for a broad readership interested in historical issues.