Between Empire and Continent - (Studies in British and Imperial History) by Andreas Rose (Paperback)

About the Book

• It is the first major volume exploring the complex domestic backgrounds of British Foreign Policy, such as party politics, reform and retrenchment, invasion scares etc.
• It challenges many myths about the so called Anglo-German Antagonism such as the perceived threat of the High Seas Battle Fleet, the continuity of British Foreign Policy or its balance of power paradigm.
• It presents a whole panorama of the public sphere and major figures within Edwardian Politics.
• It combines diplomatic, military, naval, domestic, imperial and cultural politics of Edwardian Britain.
• It offers a new way of writing diplomatic history in the early age of mass communication.
• It combines traditional diplomatic and political sources with the adventure, invasion and spy stories
• It is the first major volume dealing with British Balkan Politics during the Annexation Crisis 1908/9.

Book Synopsis

• It is the first major volume exploring the complex domestic backgrounds of British Foreign Policy, such as party politics, reform and retrenchment, invasion scares etc.
• It challenges many myths about the so called Anglo-German Antagonism such as the perceived threat of the High Seas Battle Fleet, the continuity of British Foreign Policy or its balance of power paradigm.
• It presents a whole panorama of the public sphere and major figures within Edwardian Politics.
• It combines diplomatic, military, naval, domestic, imperial and cultural politics of Edwardian Britain.
• It offers a new way of writing diplomatic history in the early age of mass communication.
• It combines traditional diplomatic and political sources with the adventure, invasion and spy stories
• It is the first major volume dealing with British Balkan Politics during the Annexation Crisis 1908/9.

Review Quotes

"Supported by a wealth of research and an extensive command of the historical literature on the subject, the book is important for academic libraries focusing on modern British history, diplomatic history, and the history of WW I...Highly recommended." - Choice

"Between Empire and Continent takes this reviewer's understanding of events to an entirely different level and will no doubt become a key text. This is a book that offers much... It is a highly sophisticated piece of writing, and another close read of this fascinating study will no doubt produce many more important insights." - American Historical Review

"Likely to invigorate the revisionist interpretation of British foreign policy before 1914... The focus suggested by the title... is where future research should find a fruitful starting point." - The Journal of Modern History

"If Ranke actually held fast to his famous concept of the primacy of foreign policy, he might not have liked Rose's conclusions, but surely he would have approved the scholarship." - The International History Review

"The quality of this research is outstanding." - William Mulligan, University of Dublin

"Meticulously researched and masterfully argued... Rose skillfully demonstrates that, driven by domestic concerns and by the strategic challenge posed primarily by France and Russia, rather than Germany, Britain embarked on a radical overhaul of its foreign affairs." - Thomas Weber, University of Aberdeen

About the Author

Andreas Rose teaches Modern History at the University of Bonn. His research interests include the international history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the history of Britain and Germany. His recent publications include Die Außenpolitik des Wilhelminischen Kaiserreichs, 1890-1918 (2013) and, as coeditor, The Wars before the Great War: Conflict and International Politics before the Outbreak of the Great War (2015).