The Rise of Modern Diplomacy 1450 - 1919

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Preface
Introduction
The 'New Diplomacy' of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries	p. 1
The new diplomatic world takes shape	p. 1
Practicalities and archaisms	p. 20
Old Regime Diplomacy at its Height, c. 1600-1789	p. 41
The legacy of the past	p. 41
Change and development	p. 69
Divisions and unities: frontiers and language	p. 96
Coming to Terms with a Changing World, 1789-1919	p. 103
The struggle to modernise	p. 103
New tasks and widening scope	p. 128
The Balance of Power	p. 149
The origins: to the age of Louis XIV	p. 149
The golden age: the eighteenth century	p. 163
The nineteenth century: challenge and survival	p. 181
The Quest for International Peace	p. 204
The first aspirations: to the end of the seventeenth century	p. 204
The eighteenth century: escape from the state of nature?	p. 219
The nineteen century: hopes and realities	p. 236
Conclusion	p. 291
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 294
Index	p. 300
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