ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|14 pages

The Patriotic Party

Disraeli, the Conservatives and Britain's world role

chapter 2|15 pages

Late Victorian Liberalism and Empire

The era of Gladstone

chapter 3|14 pages

A ‘New Imperialism’?

British overseas expansion in the late nineteenth century

chapter 4|12 pages

‘The Weakest Link in the Imperial Chain’

Britain and the South African war of 1899–1902

chapter 5|13 pages

‘Splendid Isolation’?

Lord Salisbury and foreign policy

chapter 6|12 pages

‘A Diplomatic Revolution’?

Edwardian Britain and the great powers

chapter 7|14 pages

‘The Lamps are Going Out’

Sir Edward Grey and the growth of Anglo-German rivalry

chapter 8|13 pages

Danger or Opportunity?

The Great War and its impact