British Diplomacy in Turkey, 1583 to the Present

A Study in the Evolution of the Resident Embassy
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17639-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 770 g

Reihe: Diplomatic Studies

Since the early twentieth century the resident embassy has been supposed to be living on borrowed time. By means of an exhaustive historical account of the contribution of the British Embassy in Turkey to Britain’s diplomatic relationship with that state, this book shows this to be false. Part A analyses the evolution of the embassy as a working unit up to the First World War: the buildings, diplomats, dragomans, consular network, and communications. Part B examines how, without any radical changes except in its communications, it successfully met the heavy demands made on it in the following century, for example by playing a key role in a multitude of bilateral negotiations and providing cover to secret agents and drugs liaison officers.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the history of diplomacy, modern diplomatic practice, and the relations of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic with the West.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berridge, Geoffrey R

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

G. R. Berridge, Ph.D. (1978) in Politics, University of Durham, is Emeritus Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester and a Senior Fellow of DiploFoundation. Among the most recent of his numerous publications on diplomacy is Diplomacy: Theory and Practice (Basingstoke (Hampshire) and New York, 2005).