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001 2010047381
003 DLC
005 20111207095750.0
008 101123s2011 enk b 001 0beng
010 $a 2010047381
020 $a9781409422464 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781409422471 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aDK254.B428$bS68 2011
082 00 $a327.2092$aB$222
100 1 $aSoroka, Marina.
245 10 $aBritain, Russia, and the road to the First World War :$bthe fateful embassy of of Count Aleksandr Benckendorff (1903-16) /$cMarina Soroka.
260 $aFarnham, Surrey, England ;$aBurlington, VT :$bAshgate,$cc2011.
300 $axvi, 312 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
490 0 $aBirmingham studies in First World War history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references(p. [225]-304) and index.
505 0 $aThe premises (1830-1900) -- Old diplomacy à la russe, 1868-1902 -- The new ambassador and his objectives, 1902-4 -- The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5 -- The Anglo-Russian negotiations in 1905-7 -- The school of compromise, 1907-8 -- Balance abandoned, 1908-10 -- Waiting for an August war, 1910-13 -- The price of an alliance, 1914-17.
600 10 $aBenckendorff, Aleksandr Konstantinovich,$cCount,$d1849-1917.
650 0 $aAmbassadors$zRussia$vBiography.
651 0 $aRussia$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zRussia.
651 0 $aRussia$xForeign relations$y1894-1917.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$y1901-1936.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCauses.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xDiplomatic history.