Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Preface vii
  • Acknowledgements
  • xiii
  • 1 Constructing Britain's foreign policy 1
  • 2 Flaunting the Indian Empire, 1874-80 33
  • 3 In the garb of moral imperatives, 1880-5 58
  • 4 Courting the Triple Alliance, 1885-92 80
  • 5 Facing the Franco-Russian combine, 1892-8 101
  • 6 Seeking partnerships, 1898-1902 124
  • 7 Russia: a friend at last, 1902-7 145
  • 8 Nurturing the entente, 1907-14 168
  • 9 Conclusion 197 Appendix 205
  • Notes 207
  • Bibliography 240
  • Index 257.