Politicians, diplomacy, and war in modern British history / Keith Robbins.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 John Bright and the Middle Class in Politics; 2 John Bright and William Gladstone; 3 John Bright: Quaker Politician; 4 Palmerston, Bright and Gladstone in North Wales; 5 History and Politics: The Career of James Bryce; 6 British Culture versus British Industry; 7 The Freedom of the Press: Journalists, Editors, Owners and Politicians in Edwardian Britain; 8 The Foreign Secretary, the Cabinet, Parliament and the Parties; 9 Public Opinion, the Press and Pressure Groups; 10 Foreign Policy, Government Structure and Public Opinion

11 Sir Edward Grey and the British Empire12 Britain in the Summer of 1914; 13 Lord Bryce and the First World War; 14 British Diplomacy and Bulgaria, 1914-15; 15 Labour Foreign Policy and International Socialism: MacDonald and the League of Nations; 16 Konrad Henlein, the Sudeten Question and British Foreign Policy; Index

The aspirations of democracy and the requirements of diplomacy have always coexisted uneasily. The politicians discussed in this book, in particular the appreciation of the careers of John Bright and James Bryce, reflect obliquely or directly on the problems of politicians who seek the 'high moral ground' either in domestic or international politics. There is also a discussion of the relationship between politicians and the press, as well as of the difficult link between cultural and political assumptions on the one hand and the facts of economic performance on the other.

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