This volume challenges many widely held beliefs about the efficacy of the London Charity Organization Society. It explains why... Læs mere
Certainly this lively, first-hand, up-dated account of the Geneva Conference of 1954 - that triumph of old-fashioned diplomacy, which Britain initiated and France completed - offers a better model for the twenty-first century to follow.
The significance of Sun Yat-sen's political thought has rarely been appreciated though he is hailed as the Father of Modern China. She then... Læs mere
The Political-Diplomatic Dimension, 1600-1930, consists of parallel essays by Japanese and British academic specialists covering comprehensively the history of relations between Japan and Britain from the first contacts in the seventeenth century to the present.
There is a long-held view that Wordsworth's inspiration dried up before the age of forty. The argument is that, in order to appreciate this work, much of which was inspired by itineraries in Britain and in Europe, we have to read the poems as they were first published.
Writing London asks the reader to consider how writers sought to respond to the nature of London.
Japanese foreign policy in international political affairs, particularly after the Second World War, was criticized as relying solely on bilateralism and dismissed as blindly emulating American foreign policy.
English literary history has long incorporated the category of 'Cavalier' verse, and the critical presuppositions that have shaped such a category continue, even now, to determine the ways in which much civil war writing is read.
Over 350 million people are affected each year by disaster and conflict. The international community is often unable... Læs mere