Getting our way : 500 years of adventure and intrigue, the inside story of British diplomacy /

We have no eternal allies and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow' -Lord Palmerston, 1848 This is a highly informed insider's account of some of the 'honest men' as they sought, by fair means or foul,...

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Egile nagusia: Meyer, Christopher
Formatua: Liburua
Hizkuntza:English
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Gaia:We have no eternal allies and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow' -Lord Palmerston, 1848 This is a highly informed insider's account of some of the 'honest men' as they sought, by fair means or foul, to get Britain its way in the world.
Deskribapen fisikoa:292 p., [16] p. of plates : illustrations, photograph (s) ; 20 cm.
ISBN:97802978858751