Disraeli, Gladstone, and the Eastern Question

by R.W. Seton-Watson and Robert William Seton-Watson

Book Overview

Professor Seton-Watson examines the public agitation in England over the Turkish massacres known as the Bulgarian atrocities and shows how diplomacy and party politics interacted, altering Britain's traditional policy toward the Turkish Empire. He discusses the Conference of the Powers in 1876, the purposes of the Russian-Turkish war, and the results of the Treaty of San Stefano. He gives an illuminating account of the territorial settlements made...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393005941
• ISBN13: 9780393005943
• Release Date: February 1972
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 7.7"