Sabine Dullin and Editions Payot
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748622191
- eISBN:
- 9780748651290
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748622191.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Russian Politics
Making an addition to the new historiography of mid-twentieth-century Soviet history, the author of this book has researched the history of Soviet diplomacy from 1930 to 1939 through a variety of ...
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Making an addition to the new historiography of mid-twentieth-century Soviet history, the author of this book has researched the history of Soviet diplomacy from 1930 to 1939 through a variety of now-accessible diplomatic, political, administrative and social archives. The book adds into the mix the memories and testimonies of diplomatic personnel. The political system established by Stalin in the USSR during the 1930s has remained in part an enigma because little attention has been paid to those who made it function. This book sheds light on the workings of the Soviet bureaucracy and in particular the role of Maxim Litvinov, Soviet Foreign Minister, and his relations with Stalin. The author examines Soviet foreign policy and the process of Stalinisation, and argues that these ‘men of influence’ were not simply agents of the Kremlin, but were able, through the 1930s and with the emergence of Soviet power on the eve of the Second World War, to initiate and pursue their own agendas.Less
Making an addition to the new historiography of mid-twentieth-century Soviet history, the author of this book has researched the history of Soviet diplomacy from 1930 to 1939 through a variety of now-accessible diplomatic, political, administrative and social archives. The book adds into the mix the memories and testimonies of diplomatic personnel. The political system established by Stalin in the USSR during the 1930s has remained in part an enigma because little attention has been paid to those who made it function. This book sheds light on the workings of the Soviet bureaucracy and in particular the role of Maxim Litvinov, Soviet Foreign Minister, and his relations with Stalin. The author examines Soviet foreign policy and the process of Stalinisation, and argues that these ‘men of influence’ were not simply agents of the Kremlin, but were able, through the 1930s and with the emergence of Soviet power on the eve of the Second World War, to initiate and pursue their own agendas.
Pascal Firges
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- February 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198759966
- eISBN:
- 9780191820472
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198759966.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
Part I of this book deals with diplomatic negotiations between the French Republic and the Ottoman Empire. By covering the entire period between 1792 and 1798, it introduces the chronological ...
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Part I of this book deals with diplomatic negotiations between the French Republic and the Ottoman Empire. By covering the entire period between 1792 and 1798, it introduces the chronological framework of this study. Chapter 1 deals with the regime change in French diplomatic representation, from the last ambassador of King Louis XVI to the first envoy of the Republic. The outbreak of war and the downfall of the king led to the replacement of monarchist government agents, altered the conduct of diplomacy, and changed the disposition of the French administration in the Levant. The chapter explains how French old regime diplomacy ended in 1792 and how the Ottoman government and the diplomatic corps in Istanbul reacted to this regime change.Less
Part I of this book deals with diplomatic negotiations between the French Republic and the Ottoman Empire. By covering the entire period between 1792 and 1798, it introduces the chronological framework of this study. Chapter 1 deals with the regime change in French diplomatic representation, from the last ambassador of King Louis XVI to the first envoy of the Republic. The outbreak of war and the downfall of the king led to the replacement of monarchist government agents, altered the conduct of diplomacy, and changed the disposition of the French administration in the Levant. The chapter explains how French old regime diplomacy ended in 1792 and how the Ottoman government and the diplomatic corps in Istanbul reacted to this regime change.
