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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792370303321

Autore

Berridge Geoff

Titolo

British diplomacy in Turkey, 1583 to the present [[electronic resource] ] : a study in the evolution of the resident embassy / / by G.R. Berridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009

ISBN

1-282-60148-2

9786612601484

90-474-2983-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

Diplomatic studies, , 1872-8863 ; ; 3

Disciplina

327.410561

Soggetti

Diplomatic and consular service - Great Britain - History

Great Britain Foreign relations Turkey

Turkey Foreign relations Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Materials / G.R. Berridge -- Introduction / G.R. Berridge -- Chapter One. ‘The English Palace’ / G.R. Berridge -- Chapter Two. Diplomats / G.R. Berridge -- Chapter Three. Dragomans / G.R. Berridge -- Chapter Four. Consuls / G.R. Berridge -- Chapter Five. Communications / G.R. Berridge -- Chapter Six. Foreigners And Sailors, 1914–24 / G.R. Berridge -- Chapter Seven. Reluctantly To Ankara, 1924–38 / G.R. Berridge -- Chapter Eight. Embassy At War, 1939–44 / G.R. Berridge -- Chapter Nine. Business As Usual, 1945–74 / G.R. Berridge -- Chapter Ten. Business Above All? 1974–2008 / G.R. Berridge -- Conclusion / G.R. Berridge -- Appendices / G.R. Berridge -- List Of Works Cited / G.R. Berridge -- Index / G.R. Berridge.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the early twentieth century the resident embassy has been supposed to be living on borrowed time. By means of an exhaustive historical account of the contribution of the British Embassy in Turkey to Britain’s diplomatic relationship with that state, this book shows this to be false. Part A analyses the evolution of the embassy as a working unit up to the First World War: the buildings, diplomats, dragomans, consular network, and communications. Part B examines how, without any radical changes except in its communications, it successfully met



the heavy demands made on it in the following century, for example by playing a key role in a multitude of bilateral negotiations and providing cover to secret agents and drugs liaison officers.