The Balkan Wars
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1959. Reprint. Originally printed in 1933 and 1934. Hardcover. 2 volume set. Note on the Arrangement of Documents; Names of Writers of Minutes. Index of Persons. Subject Index. Name of previous owner present. Hinges of Part II cracked inside covers. Covers worn and soiled. Cover has some wear and soiling. Twine marks to cover of part II? This is Volume IX of British Documents on the Origins of the War 1898-1914. Part I is titled: The Prelude; The Tripoli War (lxxvi, 873 pages); Part II is titled: The League and Turkey (c, 1190 pages). There are number 59-2-9-1 and 59-2-9-2 which are believed to indicate that these were reprinted in 1959. George Peabody Gooch, OM, CH, FBA (21 October 1873 – 31 August 1968) was a British journalist, historian and Liberal Party politician. A follower of Lord Acton who was independently wealthy, he never held an academic position, but knew the work of historians of continental Europe. After the First World War Gooch became an influential historian of Europe of the period, and was critical of British policy. He was active in the Union of Democratic Control. For about ten years from the mid-1920s onwards he was involved, with Harold Temperley, in the publication of the official British diplomatic history. The selection of Gooch for this project selection was made over the reservations of Headlam-Morley and of Temperley himself, who believed that Gooch was too committed to a pro-German position and too critical of Sir Edward Grey. Gooch has been noted as a significant revisionist historian of the Europe of the early twentieth century, in particular in relation to the causes of the First World War. He has been described as one of the "early revisionists", alongside Harry Elmer Barnes and Sidney Bradshaw Fay. Condition: Fair.
Keywords: Bac-Ironside; Benckendorff; Leopold Berchtold; George Buchanan; Paul Campon; Fairfax Cartwright; William Goschen; Balkan War; Edward Grey; Kiderlen-Warchter; Arthur Nicolson; Ralph Paget; Sazonov; Rennell Rodd; Vansittart; Servia; Serbia; Dardanelles
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