Imperial interests in the British decision for war, 1914
The defence of India in Central Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11426005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith Wilson (0000-0002-1288-1293, corresponding author), Keith M Wilson |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 189-203 |
| Publication date | 1984-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of International Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-2105 • E-ISSN: 1469-9044 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0260210500116195 |
| OpenAlex | W2108141210 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
The most striking feature of the British Cabinet's decision for war on 2 August 1914 is the absence of any attempt by the Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, to convince his colleagues of the necessity for intervention on the grounds of British interests. According to the fullest contemporary source, the diary kept by L A. Pease, President of the Board of Education, Grey simply presented the Cabinet with the alternative of his resignation. In so doing, he made the decision a matter of politics rather than policy. At no stage did he place before his colleagues the considerations that had convinced him of the necessity for the step on which he insisted. Although Britain's treaty obligations were examined on 29 July, British interests, as such, were not spelled out. Even on the morning of 3 August, by which time the decision had effectively been taken, Grey was urged merely to ‘allude’ to unspecified British interests in his forthcoming meeting with the French ambassador
Archaeology · Cabinet (room · Foreign policy · Gray (unit · Intervention (counseling · Political science · Politics · Treaty · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · Law · Medicine · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Psychology · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2011 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |