Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century

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25 collected scholarly essays contributing to 'two related questions ... what did the Foreign Office do to support British commerce, and how did commerce influence British foreign policy?' in the 20th century. Largely case study based. Extends to trade promotion in an era of British of British economic decline - 'considering the role of British diplomats in creating markets and supporting firms'. Chapters include: T H Otte, ''A kind of black hole?' - commercial diplomacy before 1914' [pp25-68]; Fiona Venn, 'In pursuit of national security - the Foreign Office and Middle Eastern oil, 1908-39' [pp69-87]; 'Neil Forbes, 'The Foreign Office, foreign policy and commerce -Anglo German relations in the 1930s' [pp189-209]; Thomas C Mills, 'British industry and US-UK economic diplomacy during the Second World War' [pp233-52]; Richard Smith, ''Paying our way in the world' - the FCO, export promotion and Iran in the 1970s' [pp487-505]; Simon C Smith, 'The business of decolonisation - the Foreign Office, British business and the end of empire in Kuwait and Qatar' [pp381-99]; Francesco Petrini, 'Oil - too important to be left to the oilmen. Britain and the first oil crisis, 1970-3' [pp443-64] [much re BP]