First Cold War (eBook)

Anglo-Russian Relations in the 19th Century

Barbara Emerson (Autor)

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2024
544 Seiten
Hurst Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-80526-145-2 (ISBN)

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Britain and Russia maintained a frosty civility for a few years after Napoleons defeat in 1815. But, by the 1820s, their relations degenerated into constant acrimonious rivalry over Persia, the Ottoman Empire, Central Asiathe Great Gameand, towards the end of the century, East Asia.The First Cold Warpresents for the first time the Russian perspective on this game, drawing on the archives of the Tsars Imperial Ministry. Both world powers became convinced of the expansionist aims of the other, and considered these to be at their own expense. When one was successful, the other upped the ante, and so it went on. London and St Petersburg were at war only once, during the Crimean War. But Russophobia and Anglophobia became ingrained on each side, as these two great empires hovered on the brink of hostilities for nearly 100 years.Not until Britain and Russia recognised that they had more to fear from Wilhelmine Germany did they largely set aside their rivalries in the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, which also had major repercussions for the balance of power in Europe. Before that came a century of competition, diplomacy and tension, lucidly charted in this comprehensive new history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.5.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: 19th Century History • Anglo-Russia relations • Cold War • European History
• ISBN-10: 1-80526-145-2 / 1805261452
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80526-145-2 / 9781805261452