Meddling in Middle Europe: Britain and the 'Lands Between' 1919-1925 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789637326370)

This work addresses the much-ignored history of British policy towards Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland following the creation of nation states in Central Europe at the end of the First World War. Lojkó convincingly argues that the absence of trust in the new political settlement and the discrediting of the traditional channels of diplomacy resulted in British influence in the region, being exerted mainly in the form of commercial and financial undertakings. While not always successful, the emergence of this new policy affected the development of diplomatic ties with these new nations.Yet no lasting diplomatic leverage resulted from this British involvement, and the absence of such influence proved fatal in the late 1930's when the new system of nations was disintegrating under the pressure of escalating violence.

Author: Miklos Lojk?
ISBN-10: 9637326375
ISBN-13: 9789637326370
Publisher: Central European University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2005
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.32w x 1.08d