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Outskirts of Empire: Studies in British Power Projection (2018)
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Fisher, J. N. (2018). Outskirts of Empire: Studies in British Power Projection. (1). Abingdon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351042703

Outskirts of Empire: Studies in British Power Projection investigates the substructure of Britain's interests in the Near East and beyond during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Essays address themes in British power projection in a geographic... Read More about Outskirts of Empire: Studies in British Power Projection.

The Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century (2016)
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(2016). J. Fisher, E. G. H. Pedaliu, & R. Smith (Eds.), The Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46581-8

This book addresses the interface of the British Foreign Office, foreign policy and commerce in the twentieth century. Two related questions are considered: what did the Foreign Office do to support British commerce, and how did commerce influence Br... Read More about The Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century.

British diplomacy and the descent into chaos: The career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19 (2011)
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Fisher, J. (2011). British diplomacy and the descent into chaos: The career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

In his diplomatic career, from 1902–19, Jack Garnett served widely overseas during a period of dramatic change in international politics and in Britain's role on the world stage. In this book, John Fisher reveals Garnett as a fascinating individual:... Read More about British diplomacy and the descent into chaos: The career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19.

Religion and diplomacy: religion and British Foreign Policy 1815-1941 (2010)
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Robbins, K., & Fisher, J. (. (2010). Religion and diplomacy: religion and British Foreign Policy 1815-1941. Dordrecht and St Louis MO: Republic of Letters

For long a missing dimension in British foreign policy, religion impinged upon the formulation of Britain’s overseas interests in many ways. This was true of policy makers’ unspoken assumptions about the nature of humanity and international politics,... Read More about Religion and diplomacy: religion and British Foreign Policy 1815-1941.