{"product_id":"the-hidden-perspective-david-owen-9781908323989","title":"The Hidden Perspective: The Military Conversations 1906-1914","description":"In 1905, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey agreed to speak secretly with his French counterparts about sending a British expeditionary force to France in the event of a German attack. Neither Parliament nor the rest of the Cabinet was informed. \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers back to these tense years leading up to World War I and re-creates the stormy Cabinet meetings in the fall of 1911 when the details of the military conversations were finally revealed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using contemporary historical documents, David Owen, himself a former foreign secretary, shows how the foreign office's underlying belief in Britain's moral obligation to send troops to the Continent influenced political decision-making and helped create the impression that war was inevitable. Had Britain's diplomatic and naval strategy been handled more skillfully during these years, Owen contends, the carnage of World War I might have been prevented altogether. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Owen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1908323981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781908323989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haus Pub.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"David Owen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795402510591,"sku":"9781908323989","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a7093f8-7f78-432b-90e4-6973cfae1e79.jpg?v=1744947492","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hidden-perspective-david-owen-9781908323989","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}