Incidents and international relations : people, power, and personalities
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Incidents and international relations : people, power, and personalities
(Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought)
Praeger, 2002
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-190) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Historians often ignore, treat cursorily, or relegate to footnotes specific incidents in international relations in order to facilitate the construction of a larger narrative. The contributors to this volume argue that researchers do so to their peril, as individual or seemingly isolated incidents can play significant roles in the overall course of history. Incidents are crucial in determining the mental maps that decision makers form regarding the countries and individuals with whom they interact. Incidents can either initiate or block new policies with consequences that are both far-reaching and unexpected.
People make foreign policy and an understanding of what elements of an incident were important to these individuals at key points essential to an appreciation of policies subsequently advocated. How individuals view other cultures and nations, how they react to the actions of such nations, and their perceptions of such actions all form key components in this study. Using a variety of examples, these essays show the value of detailed examinations of events, illuminating such matters as British policy in the Far East, French imperial policy, Italian military actions in the interwar period, British attitudes toward Hitler, and the effect of the Soviet Union on British thinking in the 1930s.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Namamugi Incident and the Satsu-Ei and Baken Wars by A.H. Ion
"Heavens knows where we shall finally drift": Lord Salisbury, the Cabinet, Isolation, and the Boxer Rebellion by T.G. Otte
Seed of Revolution: The Shandong Question in Chinese History by Stephen G. Craft
Syrian Revolt and Anglo-French Imperial Relations, 1925-1927 by Martin Thomas
A Cautionary Tale: The Metro-Vickers Incident of 1933 by Keith Neilson
German Holidays: Sir Maurice Hankey meets the "Ultimate Enemy." Nazi Indoctrination and Physical Training and the DRC's Threat Assessment by Michael L. Roi
The Keelung Incident and Britain's Far Eastern Strategic Foreign Policy, 1936-1937 by Gregory C. Kennedy
Italy's Pirate Submarine Campaign of 1937 by Reynolds M. Salerno
Selected Bibliography
Index
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