Lanterna Rally

Author: D. P. Heatley

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-07

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780267983421

Excerpt from Diplomacy and the Study of International Relations The conduct of foreign policy affects no people more vitally than the British. The nature of their constitutional system and the magnitude and complexity of the interests ultimately entrusted to their determination invest the electorate with special privileges and a special responsibility. The actual conduct of foreign policy must be committed to the hands of a few. But it is now clear to many who had given little thought to the matter before 1914 that there are grave dangers in keeping the bulk of the electorate uninstructed regarding the general characterand the imperious demands of our foreign connexions. Sir John Seeley drew attention 1 to the comparative neglect with which British historians of Britain had treated her foreign policy, and in a section of the present work 2 it is pointed out that writers on our constitution and on our political problems have treated very slightly of the manner of conducting the foreign policy of this country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.