British Foreign Policy in an Age of Revolutions, 1783-1793 (Cacu

Name: British Foreign Policy in an Age of Revolutions, 1783-1793 (Cacu
Brand: Jeremy Black

Jeremy Black

British Foreign Policy in an Age of Revolutions, 17831793Author(s): Jeremy Black\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521466844, 978-0521466844\nSynopsis\nThis is a study of British foreign policy in a crucial period of international political development. It provides a comprehensive account of the subject, and acts as a guide to the nature of the British state and to the international relations of the period. In 1783 Britain had lost America and was unstable domestically. By 1793 she had regained her position as the leading global maritime, colonial and commercial power. During the intervening years Britain went several times to the brink of war, in 1787 with France over control of the Dutch and their Empire, in 1790 with Spain over the British claim to settle on the Pacific coast of modern Canada, and in 1791 with Russia over the fate of the Turkish Empire. In 1793 Britain and revolutionary Fran.