| British Diplomacy in Turkey, 1583 to the Present: A Study in the Evolution of the Resident Embassy Contributor(s): Berridge, Geoffrey R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 900417639X ISBN-13: 9789004176393 Publisher: Brill Nijhoff OUR PRICE: $197.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy |
| Dewey: 327.410 |
| LCCN: 2009017066 |
| Series: Diplomatic Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.6" W x 9.7" (1.75 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - Turkey - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
