Abbreviations; A note on dates; The study of British foreign policy
in the age of the American revolution; The making of British
foreign policy; The legacies of the Seven Years War; The failure of
the old system 1763-1765; The decline of British diplomacy
1765-1768; The beginnings of recovery 1768-1771; The ascendancy of
the Eastern powers 1771-1773; Splendid isolation 1773-1775; Peace
with the Bourbons 1777-1779; War in Europe 1778-1780; The coming of
peace
1781-1783; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
'based on impressive archival research in both British and foreign
repositories and on an extensive grasp of printed primary material
... This book will be required reading for all those interested in
18th-century British foreign policy for many years.'
Times Higher Education Supplement
`This excellent book fills a major gap in the historiography of
eighteenth-century Britain.'
History Today
'With this splendid book, H.M. Scott joins one of the great
traditions in historical scholarship, the study of
eighteenth-century British diplomacy. Scott's topic is huge ... His
range of sources is correspondingly wide ... It is impressive that
he is able to compress his results into fewer than 350 pages of
text. Scott's thesis is convincingly argued, and his judgment about
both eighteenth-century diplomats and twentieth-century historians
usually is
superb. American colonial, military, and political historians will
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Jonathan R. Dull, William and Mary Quarterly
'solid and worthy study ... This book will be required reading for
all those interested in eighteenth-century British foreign policy
for many years.'
Jeremy Black, University of Durham, History, June 1992
'This volume will long be used as a key reference to the
complexities and subtleties of British diplomacy in the critical
middle years of George III's reign.'
Charles R. Middleton, University of Colorado, American Historical
Review, June 1992
'Dr Scott has produced a well-written, and refreshing objective
account of British policy-making, which casts much interesting new
light on the thought processes of its leaders, and pays due
attention to the influence of domestic policy and the pressure of
public opinion.'
Isabel de Madariaga, British Journal of Eighteenth Century Studies,
Spring 1993
'a sober, scholarly and fair-minded account of British foreign
policy in this period'
John Cannon, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Albion
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