Insects and International Relations
Canada, France, and British Agricultural Sanitary Import Restrictions between the Wars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7093923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Boyce (London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 1987-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0707-5332 • E-ISSN: 1949-6540 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07075332.1987.9640431 |
| OpenAlex | W1983629566 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
After the outbreak of the Falkland Islands conflict in 1982, the British foreign and commonwealth office met strong criticism for failing to anticipate or avert the Argentine invasion. After the outbreak of the Second World War, similar charges were levelled against the foreign office, which prompted a number of former diplomats to spring to its defence. One of them was Sir Walford Selby who, in a lengthy account of pre-war events, pointed to other departments of state and accused them of interfering in the management of Great Britain's external relations. For example, he wrote, the ministry of agriculture's decision to ban the import of potatoes from France in 1931 'formed part of a chain that linked with the French attitude at the Disarmament Confer
Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · Christian ministry · Commonwealth · Criticism · Disarmament · Economic history · Economics · Economy · First world war · Geography · Outbreak · Political science · State (computer science · Biological Control of Invasive Species · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1968 - 1968 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |