Meddling in Middle Europe : : Britain and the 'Lands Between' 1919-1925 / / Miklos Lojkó.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Lojkó, Miklos,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)

This work addresses the much-ignored history of British policy towards Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland following the creation of nation states in Central Europe at the end of the First World War. Lojkó convincingly argues that the absence of trust in the new political settlement and the discrediting of the traditional channels of diplomacy resulted in British influence in the region, being exerted mainly in the form of commercial and financial undertakings. While not always successful, the emergence of this new policy affected the development of diplomatic ties with these new nations.Yet no lasting diplomatic leverage resulted from this British involvement, and the absence of such influence proved fatal in the late 1930's when the new system of nations was disintegrating under the pressure of escalating violence.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Britain and Hungary: Partnership of Convenience -- Chapter 1 Politics and Diplomacy: Limited Commitments -- Chapter 2 The British Role in the Financial Reconstruction of Hungary after the First World War -- Part II Britain and Czechoslovakia: Friendship to Estrangement -- Chapter 3 Politics and Diplomacy: The ‘Pivot’ of Central Europe -- Chapter 4 Britain, Czechoslovakia and the Politics of Finance -- Part III British Policy towards Poland: Diplomats and Bankers against Heavy Odds -- Chapter 5 Britain and the Rebirth of an Old State -- Chapter 6 Britain and Poland: Financial Diplomacy with Barriers -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Names