The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918 by A J P Taylor

The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918 by A J P Taylor

The system of international repression ended with the fall of Metternich in 1848. The conflicting ideals of international revolution and collective security came into being with Lenin and Wilson in 1918. Nationalism, tempered by the Balance of Power, dominated Europe in the intervening seventy years. Drawing on a wealth of diplomatic documents, A. J. P. Taylor examines the relations of the Great Powers, when Europe was still the centre of the world. Written in characteristically vigorous prose, this is a challenging and original diplomatic history, that also considers the political and economic forces which made continental war inevitable.

One of the glories of twentieth-century writing* Observer *

A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercival) Taylor, fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, was born in 1906 in Southport, Lancashire, England. Educated at Oxford and Vienna University, he was from 1930 to 1938 a lecturer in history at Manchester University. While he was at Manchester, Taylor published The Italian Problem in European Diplomacy, 1847-49 and Germany's First Bid for Colonies, 1884-85. In 1938 he became a fellow of Magdalen College. He was Ford's Lecturer in English history at Oxford in 1956 and Leslie Stephen Lecturer at Cambridge in 1961, and was a fellow of the British Academy. The Habsburg Monarchy, 1809-1918 was published in 1948. He was also the author of The Course of German History; From Napoleon to Stalin; Rumours of War; The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918; Politics in Wartime and Other Essays; and Origins of the Second World War. He was a regular contributor to the New Statesman and the Manchester Guardian. Taylor passed away in 1990.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780198812708
ISBN 10	0198812701
Title	The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918
Author	A J P Taylor
Series	Oxford History Of Modern Europe
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1971-04-22
Number of pages	688
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
Note	Unavailable