Historians often ignore, treat cursorily, or relegate to
footnotes specific incidents in international relations in order to
facilitate the construction of a larger narrative. The contributors
to this volume argue that researchers do so to their peril, as
individual or seemingly isolated incidents can play significant
roles in the overall course of history. Incidents are crucial in
determining the mental maps that decision makers form regarding the
countries and individuals with whom they interact. Incidents can
either initiate or block new policies with consequences that are
both far-reaching and unexpected.
People make foreign policy and an understanding of what elements
of an incident were important to these individuals at key points
essential to an appreciation of policies subsequently advocated.
How individuals view other cultures and nations, how they react to
the actions of such nations, and their perceptions of such actions
all form key components in this study. Using a variety of examples,
these essays show the value of detailed examinations of events,
illuminating such matters as British policy in the Far East, French
imperial policy, Italian military actions in the interwar period,
British attitudes toward Hitler, and the effect of the Soviet Union
on British thinking in the 1930s.
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