T G Otte: 3 books
July Crisis
The World's Descent into War, Summer 1914
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
This is a magisterial new account of Europe's tragic descent into a largely inadvertent war in the summer of 1914. Thomas Otte reveals why a century-old system of Great Power politics collapsed so disastrously in the weeks from the 'shot heard around the world' on June 28th to Germany's declaration...
The Foreign Office Mind
The Making of British Foreign Policy, 1865–1914
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
With this pioneering approach to the study of international history, T. G. Otte reconstructs the underlying principles, élite perceptions and 'unspoken assumptions' that shaped British foreign policy between the death of Palmerston and the outbreak of the First World War. Grounded in a wide range...
by Keith Neilson, T.G. Otte
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Chief among the personnel at the Foreign Office is the Permanent Under-secretary, the senior civil servant who oversees the department and advises the Foreign Secretary. This book is a study of the twelve men who held this Office from 1854–1946.