British Foreign and Imperial Policy, 1865-1919 (Questions and Analysis in History)

British Foreign and Imperial Policy explores Britains role in International Affairs from the age of Gladstone and Disraeli to the end of the First World War, exploring such themes as Britain's involvement in the Scramble for Africa, the Anglo-Boer War, the foreign policy of Lord Salisbury and the prospects for Britain and the Empire at the end of the First World War. BOOK COVER......Page 1 HALF-TITLE......Page 2 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 SERIES PREFACE......Page 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8 BACKGROUND NARRATIVE......Page 10 ANALYSIS (1): HOW SUCCESSFUL WERE DISRAELI’S FOREIGN AND IMPERIAL POLICIES?......Page 12 Questions......Page 15 ANALYSIS (2): DID DISRAELI PUT INTO PRACTICE A COHERENT VISION OF BRITISH IMPERIAL INTERESTS IN HIS YEARS OF POWER?......Page 16 Source A: from Disraeli’s speech at the Crystal Palace, 24 June 1872.......Page 20 Source C: Disraeli’s private secretary, Montagu Corry, reports to his master on the Conservative victory in the Salford by-election, 19 April 1877.......Page 21 Worked answer......Page 22 BACKGROUND NARRATIVE......Page 24 ANALYSIS (1): HOW EFFECTIVE WAS GLADSTONE’S MANAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL CRISES?......Page 25 Questions......Page 29 ANALYSIS (2): DID GLADSTONIAN LIBERALISM OFFER A DISTINCTIVE APPROACH TO FOREIGN AND IMPERIAL AFFAIRS?......Page 30 Source A: a report of Gladstone’s speech at Dalkeith, 26 November 1879.......Page 34 , Lord Spencer, 22 June 1882. .........Page 35 Questions......Page 36 Worked answer......Page 37 BACKGROUND NARRATIVE......Page 39 ANALYSIS: WHY DID BRITAIN PARTICIPATE IN THE ‘SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA’ IN THE LAST TWO DECADES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY?......Page 40 Source A: a memorandum by Clement Hill, a Foreign Officeofficial, 20 October 1884.......Page 47 Source C: Sir Gerald Portal reports on East Africa for the Foreign Secretary, Lord Rosebery, August 1893.......Page 48 Source D: The Economist on the economic potential of Africa, 30 August 1890.......Page 49 Source C: Ronald Robinson and Jack Callagher on the causes of the partition of Africa, 1961.......Page 50 Worked answer......Page 51 BACKGROUND NARRATIVE......Page 53 ANALYSIS: HOW DID BRITAIN BECOME INVOLVED IN WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1899?......Page 56 Questions......Page 59 Source B: Alfred Milner discusses the Dutch-speaking population of Cape Colony in his Graaff Reinet speech, 3 March 1898.......Page 60 Questions......Page 61 Source D: Alfred Milner writes to Joseph Chamberlain after the Bloemfontein Conference, 14 June 1899.......Page 62 Questions......Page 63 Worked answer......Page 64 ANALYSIS (1): HOW EFFECTIVE WAS LORD SALISBURY’S HANDLING OF THE PROBLEMS HE FACED AS FOREIGN SECRETARY?......Page 65 ANALYSIS (2): HOW ACCURATE IS THE TERM ‘SPLENDID ISOLATION’ AS A DESCRIPTION OF LORD SALISBURY’S FOREIGN POLICY?......Page 69 Source B: from Salisbury’s letter to Sir William White, British Ambassador at Constantinople, on the second Mediterranean agreement, 2 November 1887.......Page 74 Source D: Salisbury’s views on a proposal to join the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. An extract from a confidential cabinet memorandum, 29 May 1901.......Page 75 Worked answer......Page 76 BACKGROUND NARRATIVE......Page 78 ANALYSIS (1): WHY, AND WITH WHAT CONSEQUENCES, DID BRITISH GOVERNMENTS ESTABLISH LINKS WITH JAPAN, FRANCE AND RUSSIA BETWEEN 1902 AND 1907?......Page 79 ANALYSIS (2): DID BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY UNDERGO A ‘DIPLOMATIC REVOLUTION’ IN THE PERIOD 1902–7?......Page 83 Source A: Lord Lansdowne to Sir Claude Macdonald on the signing of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, 30 January 1902.......Page 86 Source B: Lord Cromer to Lord Lansdowne, 17 July 1903.......Page 87 Worked answer......Page 88 BACKGROUND NARRATIVE......Page 90 ANALYSIS (1): HOW FAR DID ANGLO-GERMAN RIVALRY INFLUENCE THE CONDUCT OF POLICY UNDER SIR EDWARD GREY?......Page 91 ANALYSIS (2): WAS THERE A REALISTIC ALTERNATIVE TO THE POLICY OF SIR EDWARD GREY IN 1914?......Page 94 Questions......Page 99 Source B: Lord Riddell, owner of the News of the World, on a meeting with Lloyd George, 2 August 1914.......Page 100 Questions......Page 101 Worked answer......Page 102 BACKGROUND NARRATIVE......Page 104 ANALYSIS (1): WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCED THE SHAPING OF BRITISH EXTERNAL POLICY DURING THE GREAT WAR?......Page 106 ANALYSIS (2): WHAT WAS THE LEGACY OF THE WAR OF 1914–18 FOR BRITAIN’S POSITION AS A GREAT POWER?......Page 111 Source B: Austen Chamberlain, a member of the War Cabinet, writes to his sister Ida, 26 October 1918.......Page 114 Questions......Page 115 Worked answer......Page 116 NOTES AND SOURCES......Page 117 SECONDARY SOURCES......Page 126 INDEX......Page 128 British Foreign and Imperial Policy, 1865-1919 explores Britain's role in international affairs from the age of Gladstone and Disraeli to the end of the First World War. It explores such themes as Britain's involvement in the partitioning of Africa, the Anglo-Boer War, the foreign policy of Lord Salisbury and the prospects for the British Empire at the end of World War I. Integrating historical overview, the main historiographical debates, and analysis of key questions, this book provides students with a guide to examination success. This text explores Britain's role in international affairs from the age of Gladstone and Disraeli to the end of the World War One. It explores such themes as the scramble for Africa and the foreign policy of Lord Salisbury