Pax Britannica?

In this examination of Britain's political and diplomatic role on the international stage during the century of her imperial greatness, Muriel Chamberlain looks at how British foreign policy was affected, and to some extent dictated, by domestic political issues.

Chamberlain, Muriel E.

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Consequences of the American War, 1783-1792; Chapter 2 The French Wars, 1792-1812; Part 2 The Classical Period of Nineteenth-Century Diplomacy; Chapter 3 Castlereagh: Villain or Statesman?; Chapter 4 From Canning to Palmerston; Chapter 5 An Alternative Tradition?; Chapter 6 The Years of Revolution; Chapter 7 The Crimean War: The Triumph of Lord Palmerston?; Part 3 A New and More Dangerous World; Chapter 8 The Turning Point; Chapter 9 'Imperium et Sanitas' Versus Midlothian; Chapter 10 The great game; Chapter 11 The Coming of War; Conclusion;