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  • British Engagement with Japan, 1854–1922

    The Origins and Course of an Unlikely Alliance

    by Antony Best ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    This book by a leading authority on Anglo-Japanese relations reconsiders the circumstances which led to the unlikely alliance of 1902 to 1922 between Britain, the leading world power of the day and Japan, an Asian, non-European nation which had only recently emerged from self-imposed isolation. Based on extensive original research the book goes beyond existing accounts which concentrate on high ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour

    Avoiding War in East Asia, 1936-1941

    by Antony Best ...
    Recent controversies about Pearl Harbour have highlighted the need for a new assessment of British policy towards Japan during the period leading up to the Pacific War. Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour provides a thorough and authoritative account of British efforts to avert conflict with Japan, and makes use of the most recently released material from British archives, including information from ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • On the Fringes of Diplomacy

    Influences on British Foreign Policy, 1800�1945

    by Antony Best ...
    In recent decades the study of British foreign policy and diplomacy has broadened in focus. No longer is it enough for historians to look at the actions of the elite figures - diplomats and foreign secretaries - in isolation; increasingly the role of their advisers and subordinates, and those on the fringes of the diplomatic world, is recognised as having exerted critical influence on key ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond

    by Antony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Joseph A. Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze ...
    Now in its fourth edition, this highly successful global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward.Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible and seamless account of the history of international relations in the last century, covering events in ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • British Royal and Japanese Imperial Relations, 1868-2018

    150 Years of Association, Engagement and Celebration

    by Peter Kornicki, Hugh Cortazzi, Antony Best ...
    This new scholarly study examines the history of the relations between the British and Japanese monarchies over the past 150 years. Complemented by a significant plate section which includes a number of rarely seen images, as well as a chronology of royal/imperial visits and extensive bibliography, British Royal and Japanese Imperial Relations, 1868-2018, will become a benchmark reference on the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • British Foreign and Defence Policy in the Twentieth Century, Volume I

    1890-1939

    Edited by Gaynor Johnson, Antony Best ...
    Series series History (R0)
    A tribute to the distinguished diplomatic historian, Professor Michael Dockrill (1936-2018), this collection provides a comprehensive overview of the field of twentieth-century British foreign and defence policy. With contributions from the most esteemed academic thinkers in the field, this collection will be of great value to anyone interested in British foreign and strategic policy, whether they ... Read more

    $125.09 USD

  • British Foreign and Defence Policy in the Twentieth Century, Volume II

    1940-1990

    Edited by Gaynor Johnson, Antony Best ...
    Series series History (R0)
    A tribute to the distinguished diplomatic historian, Professor Michael Dockrill (1936-2018), this collection provides a comprehensive overview of the field of twentieth-century British foreign and strategic policy. With contributions from the most esteemed academic thinkers in the field, this collection will be of great value to anyone interested in British foreign and defence policy, whether they ... Read more

    $125.99 USD

  • Japan and the Great War

    Edited by Antony Best, Oliviero Frattolillo ...
    Series series History (R0)
    In this book, seven internationally renowned experts on Japanese and Asian history have come together to investigate, with innovative methodological approaches, various aspects of the Japanese experience during and after the First World War. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Britain's Retreat from Empire in East Asia, 1905-1980

    Edited by Antony Best ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    The decline of British power in Asia, from a high point in 1905, when Britain’s ally Japan vanquished the Russian Empire, apparently reducing the perceived threat that Russia posed to its influence in India and China, to the end of the twentieth century, when British power had dwindled to virtually nothing, is one of the most important themes in understanding the modern history of East and ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The International History of East Asia, 1900-1968

    Trade, Ideology and the Quest for Order

    Edited by Antony Best ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    This book provides a broad account of the international history of East Asia from 1900 to 1968 - a subject that is essential to any understanding of the modern epoch. Whereas much of the scholarship on this subject has focused purely on the immediate origins and consequences of violent events such as wars and revolutions, this book demonstrates the importance of also considering other forces such ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

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    by Gerry Docherty, James MacGregor ...
    Think you know about British history and the causes of the First World War? Think again. This fascinating and gripping study of events at the turn of the Twentieth Century is a remarkable insight into how political and social factors that we widely accept to be the causes of The Great War, were really just a construct put together by a very small, but powerful, political elite...'Thought-provoking ... Read more

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