Abbreviations; Introduction; The foreign ministry at the end of the
nineteenth century: Its history, structure, and practice; The Quai
d'orsay and external influences 1898-1914; Delcassé and the
Centrale 1898-1904; Delcassé and the ambassadorial elite 1898-1904;
Foreign policy under Delcassé 1898-1904; The first Moroccan crisis
1904-1906; The 1907 reforms; Pichon's first ministry 1906-1909;
Internal disarray and external crisis: The Quai
d'Orsay and the second Moroccan crisis 1904-1911; Poincaré, Pichon,
and Doumergue at the Quai d'Orsay 1912-1914; The Quai d'Orsay and
the July crisis of 1914; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
`splendid study ...This is an engrossing study of the minds and
relationships of a foreign policy elite.'
Journal of Military History, Vol 57 No 4, October 1993
'thorough and meticulously researched monograph ... Dr Hayne draws
upon an impressive array of public and private archival sources and
relates in great detail the history of the Quai d'Orsay and its
agents between 1898 and 1914 ... a challenging thesis. It is also a
timely reminder of the importance of diplomats and the machinery of
diplomacy in deciding the destinies of nations.'
Keith A. Hamilton, Diplomacy & Statecraft, Vol. 5, No. 2, July
'94
'Making extensive use of unpublished material in the Quai d'Orsay
and elsewhere, in particular private papers of officials and
diplomats and career dossiers, Hayne illuminates important issues
... Hayne has made better use of recently available French sources
than French historians themselves, and deserves considerable credit
for this volume.'
F.V. Parsons, University of Glasgow, The International History
Review, XVI, 4: November 1994
`It is based on an impressive examination of French and some
British private papers...Hayne's book is a kind micro-"bureaucratic
politics" approach....Hayne's work is a veritable encyclopedia of
personalities in the Quai d'Orsay before the First World. It will
be of use to historians of French foreign policy before and after
1914, because apart from personalities, Hayne's work recalls the
continuity in French diplomacy before and after the First World
War.'
Canadian Journal of History
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