Chin, R. (2021) History and foreign policy: Franco-British cooperation towards Greek independence 1828-1830. Britain and the World, 14(2), pp. 151-173. (doi: 10.3366/brw.2021.0370)
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Abstract
On 6 July 1827 the Treaty of London committed France, Britain, and Russia to working together to mediate the question of Greek independence. This was one of the first examples of Franco-British cooperation after the Napoleonic Wars. Although officials on both sides of the Channel publicly celebrated Franco-British cooperation over the Greek affair, behind closed doors policy makers remained suspicious of each other's intentions. This article explores how the memory and experience of the Napoleonic conflict influenced French and British policy making during the Greek independence struggle between 1828 and 1830. It argues that the memories of these conflicts fostered cultures of Franco-British rivalry that were discernible in the highest levels of policy making as well as in parliamentary and press opinion. These misgivings, embedded in notions of natural and historic rivalry, played an important role in mediating how policy makers viewed, judged, responded to, and justified their own and their counterpart's policies and policy motivations.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Chin, Dr Rachel |
Authors: | Chin, R. |
Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > DC France D History General and Old World > DF Greece |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > History |
Journal Name: | Britain and the World |
Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
ISSN: | 2043-8567 |
ISSN (Online): | 2043-8575 |
Published Online: | 31 August 2021 |
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