French Foreign Office and the Origins of the First World War 1898-1914

Name: French Foreign Office and the Origins of the First World War 1898-1914
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ISBN: 9780198202707

ISBN-10: 0198202709

ISBN-13: 9780198202707

Edition: 1993

Authors: M. B. Hayne

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This is the first full scholarly history of the French Foreign Ministry--the Quai d'Orsay--in the years between the Fashoda Crisis and the First World War. In an intensively researched study, M. B. Hayne examines the bureaucratic machinery of the Quai d'Orsay, its policies, and its personnel. He explores the ideas and influence of leading diplomats and administrators, their prejudices, and their aims; and traces the often complex relationships between successive Foreign Ministers and the functionaries of the Quai d'Orsay. His analysis throws much new light on French policy and actions during the July Crisis, and makes a significant contribution to the debate over the origins of the First…

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List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/27/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Abbreviations


Introduction



The Foreign Ministry at the End of the Nineteenth Century: Its History, Structure, and Practice



The Quai d'Orsay and External Influences, 1898-1914



Delcasse and the Centrale, 1898-1904



Declasse and the Ambassadorial Elite, 1898-1904



Foreign Policy under Delcasse, 1898-1904



The First Moroccan Crisis, 1904-1906



The 1907 Reforms



Pichon's First Ministry, 1906-1909



Internal Disarray and External Crisis: The Quai d'Orsay and the Second Moroccan Crisis, 1909-1911



Poincare, Pichon, and Doumergue at the Quai d'Orsay, 1912-1914



The Quai d'Orsay and the July Crisis of 1914


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index