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- catalog abstract ""Jeremy Black's respected history of British foreign policy in this crucial and fascinating era deals with all the major conflicts, including the Anglo-Dutch Wars, the Wars of the Spanish and Austrian Successions, the Seven Years War and the American and French revolutions. It includes the role of parliament; the influence of the crown; the diplomatic system; the impact of military considerations; the importance of trade and the growing effect of public opinion and the press. A record of Britain's rise to spectacular greatness on the world stage, A System of Ambition? will be invaluable for any student of eighteenth-century British and European history."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11654328.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations 1660-1714.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations 1714-1837.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Jeremy Black's respected history of British foreign policy in this crucial and fascinating era deals with all the major conflicts, including the Anglo-Dutch Wars, the Wars of the Spanish and Austrian Successions, the Seven Years War and the American and French revolutions. It includes the role of parliament; the influence of the crown; the diplomatic system; the impact of military considerations; the importance of trade and the growing effect of public opinion and the press. A record of Britain's rise to spectacular greatness on the world stage, A System of Ambition? will be invaluable for any student of eighteenth-century British and European history."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "10. British foreign policy 1714-63 -- Introduction -- George I, the Anglo-French alliance and continental interventionalism 1714-27 -- From the accession of George II to the fall of Walpole, 1727-42 -- The Carteret years 1742-4 -- The last years of the War of the Austrian Succession, 1744-8 -- Newcastle and the attempt to consolidate the 'Old system', 1748-55 -- Britain, France and the outbreak of the Seven years' War, 175-6 -- The Seven Years' War, 1756-63 -- 11. British foreign policy 1763-83 -- Introduction -- Anglo-Bourbon tension, 1763-71 -- Britain, the first partition of Poland and Anglo-French relations 1772-4 -- The American war 1775-83 -- 12. British foreign policy 1783-93 -- In the shadow of France, 1783-7 -- Anglo-French relations 1787-93 -- The rise and fall of the Anglo-Prussian alliance, 1787-92.".
- catalog description "3. Parliament and foreign policy -- 4. Diplomats, secretaries of state and other ministers -- British diplomats -- Secretaries of state and other ministers -- 5. Strategic and military considerations -- Military power -- The navy -- Blue water versus continental strategies -- 6. Trade and colonies -- 7. Public opinion and the press -- 8. The debate over policy".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Part One: Diplomacy and domestic pressures -- 1. Introduction and the sources -- Introduction -- The sources -- 2. The crown -- Charles II: a diplomacy for English absolutism? -- James II: a protege of Louis XIV? -- William and Anne: rivals to and peacemakers with Louis -- The Hanoverian connection 1714-60 -- George III 1760-93: a heart truly British or a Hanoverian secret du roi?".
- catalog description "Part Two: The course of policy -- 9. British foreign policy 1660-1714 -- Introduction -- The restoration -- Second Anglo-Dutch war 1665-7 -- From peace to war 1667-72 -- Third Anglo-Dutch war 1672-4 -- peace and French pensions 1674-85 -- James II 1685-8 -- Dutch William and war 1688-97 -- From peace to war 1697-1702 -- The war of the Spanish succession 1702-13".
- catalog extent "xxv, 304 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0750922788 (pbk)".
- catalog isPartOf "Sutton history paperbacks".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stroud : Sutton,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations 1660-1714.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations 1714-1837.".
- catalog subject "327.4109033 21".
- catalog tableOfContents "10. British foreign policy 1714-63 -- Introduction -- George I, the Anglo-French alliance and continental interventionalism 1714-27 -- From the accession of George II to the fall of Walpole, 1727-42 -- The Carteret years 1742-4 -- The last years of the War of the Austrian Succession, 1744-8 -- Newcastle and the attempt to consolidate the 'Old system', 1748-55 -- Britain, France and the outbreak of the Seven years' War, 175-6 -- The Seven Years' War, 1756-63 -- 11. British foreign policy 1763-83 -- Introduction -- Anglo-Bourbon tension, 1763-71 -- Britain, the first partition of Poland and Anglo-French relations 1772-4 -- The American war 1775-83 -- 12. British foreign policy 1783-93 -- In the shadow of France, 1783-7 -- Anglo-French relations 1787-93 -- The rise and fall of the Anglo-Prussian alliance, 1787-92.".
- catalog tableOfContents "3. Parliament and foreign policy -- 4. Diplomats, secretaries of state and other ministers -- British diplomats -- Secretaries of state and other ministers -- 5. Strategic and military considerations -- Military power -- The navy -- Blue water versus continental strategies -- 6. Trade and colonies -- 7. Public opinion and the press -- 8. The debate over policy".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part One: Diplomacy and domestic pressures -- 1. Introduction and the sources -- Introduction -- The sources -- 2. The crown -- Charles II: a diplomacy for English absolutism? -- James II: a protege of Louis XIV? -- William and Anne: rivals to and peacemakers with Louis -- The Hanoverian connection 1714-60 -- George III 1760-93: a heart truly British or a Hanoverian secret du roi?".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part Two: The course of policy -- 9. British foreign policy 1660-1714 -- Introduction -- The restoration -- Second Anglo-Dutch war 1665-7 -- From peace to war 1667-72 -- Third Anglo-Dutch war 1672-4 -- peace and French pensions 1674-85 -- James II 1685-8 -- Dutch William and war 1688-97 -- From peace to war 1697-1702 -- The war of the Spanish succession 1702-13".
- catalog title "A system of ambition? : British foreign policy 1660-1793 / Jeremy Black.".
- catalog type "text".