The Diplomacy of Imperial Retreat
Author | : Edmund S. K. Fung |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1991 |
ISBN-10 | : UCSD:31822006887830 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Confronted by Chinese nationalism and the rise of the revolutionary movement in South China, Britain commenced a retreat motivated by political, commercial, and economic considerations and aimed at the protection of British interests without reliance on gunboat diplomacy. This book analyzes British policy-making, diplomatic, military, and commercial, against the background of civil strife and political instability in China, and, in the wider sphere, of greater international cooperation. In a closely argued study based on expansive use of British and Chinese sources, Fung presents a balanced picture of this important chapter in the history of Sino-British relations.