The Art of the Possible: Documents on Great Power Diplomacy, 1814 - 1914

By Ralph Menning

An anthology for courses dealing with great power diplomacy in the 19th century, this book raises crucial questions in the history of European foreign relations and seeks to address those questions through excerpts from the documentary record. Included are sources from conference protocol, and treaties as well as from previously untapped sources such as speeches, diary entries and correpsondence. Half the documents included have been translated into English for the first time. Each chapter is introduced by a brief paragraph placing that chapter in a larger historical context. Each document, or group of documents, comes with a head note that introduces the reader to the debates that document has generated and provides a point of departure for discussions or independent research. The text includes maps and concludes with a bibliographical essay that discusses issues of historiography and provides an extensive list for further readings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070415749
• ISBN13: 9780070415744
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Length: 473 Pages

Customer Reviews

an excellent and well-researched look at the 19th century

This book is perhaps one of the most well-researched and well thought out looks at European diplomacy of the 19th century. The author shows that he took great pains in acccessing primary sources, all of which provide for in-depth and unique perspectives on the issues of the day. A must read for anyone interested in the time period.

art of the possiblr

Excellent book,the author uses primary sources providing excellent insights.The book covers the congress of vienna up to the first part of the 20th century.I had the pleasure of taking a class taught by the author,His knowlege and interst in the subject are both of the highest caliber