... how Cromwell devoted more attention to money and matériel than to manpower. It also considers the importance of the navy to Cromwell's success, and another dimension to Cromwell's preparations: diplomacy. Cromwell's talent for friendship came into play once again when he prevailed on a number...

...This chapter examines Henry the Young King's conflict with his father, Henry II, that planted the seeds of the rebellion of 1173–1174. It begins with a discussion of the proposed marriage treaty of Maurienne, regarded by Henry II as a key element in his grand diplomacy, and proceeds by looking...

... age. His two comedies, The Brigadier and The Minor, became staples of the Russian theater. He was conversant with Russian diplomacy and knowledgeable about the most sensitive issue in domestic politics—the relationship between Catherine the Great and Crown Prince Paul...

... United Nations international law international politics diplomacy Time to explore attempts to hold sovereign actors accountable. I mean legally accountable, not just accountable to God; not just politically accountable, whether in elections or riots in the streets or insurrections; not just...

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...This chapter first reviews the literature suggesting that military intervention or the threat to actually use gunboat diplomacy may prompt sovereigns to honour their debts. Military threat and not just actual intervention had in the past a real impact on how markets valued the likelihood of default...

... on terrorism and argues that U.S. policy must strike a better balance between military and diplomatic means. It insists that an effective approach to terrorism requires a greater emphasis on diplomacy rather than an exclusive reliance on military force or unilateral action. After providing an overview...

..., which includes systematic mapping and large-scale military surveys. It also discusses the changing role of information in the mechanics of diplomacy during the Enlightenment. Bengal bureaucracy cameralism education Enlightenment France George III King of Great Britain and Ireland Gournay Jean...

... was to define Britain as the leading Protestant power; but more immediately, it posed a far greater threat to England than Islam, and effectively destroyed the rationale for crusading activities. In this situation, the Islamic empires actually became a valuable balancing factor in European diplomacy. Henry's...

... governance, environmental protection, and human rights from new perspectives. The emphasis is on cooperation, not conflict, and the use of creative means of diplomacy to build sustainable and adaptive governance structures that will permit the polar regions to survive the challenges of climate change...

... James Forbes Valentino & Co Gordon George William Slacum George W US merchants Upshur Abel P diplomacy Ashburton Alexander Hunter William Royal Navy Webster Daniel Calhoun John C Cass Lewis Quintuple Treaty slave trade treaties Webster Ashburton Treaty 1842 Proffit George Gilmer...

... Squadron diplomacy Concha José Gutiérrez de la Fonseca Manoel Pinto da Ramos Tomás da Costa Avellar Antonio Severino de Pezuela Juan de la Zulueta Julián Baró José Luis Borrell Mariano Count of Cañongo Fernández José G Cayuela Ibañez Francisco Feliciano Martí Francisco Portuguese Company...

... to Arctic areas such as Greenland because of their potential for mineral investment. These unusual connections for economic expediency should be harnessed as a means of “creative diplomacy,” as noted by former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd. Furthermore, instead of seeing China as a competitor...

... blood money Hasan Mawlay sultan ruled 1873–94 Mathews Felix A al Habash al Bashir al Menebhi Ahmad b al ‘Arabi millāḥ diplomacy international Jewish organizations Makhzan Moroccan government Jewish legal access consular courts foreign legal venues extraterritoriality legal mobility...

... was a pattern of triangular Buddhist diplomacy between Thailand, South Vietnam, and the United States that quietly mirrored the secular and more visible military strategic ties. Buddha Chinese communists Dalai Lama Poon Princess Poonphitsamai Ditsakun Radhakrishnan Sarvepalli Sarnath Conference of World...

... Christopher Levett and the Wabanaki “Queen” of Casco Bay. This brief chapter introduces Native American women leaders and their relationships to diplomacy, agriculture, and early deeds. Casco Bay Caskoak network of relations peace and peacemaking Wabanaki Weetamoo Namumpum disease Indigenous kinship...

... narratives that displace both her diplomacy and the war waged against Indigenous women and their agricultural fields. This chapter fills a substantial gap in the record, focusing on the documents that demonstrate Weetamoo’s leadership prior to the war, as well as the challenge she posed to male settlers...

... York Pemigewasset Saco River Taconnic Wiwninbesaki Nashaway Cambridge Nipsachuck Pocasset King Philip’s War Treaties Diplomacy Scouts I will try to recount with sad grief, whom with tears the times reclaim … Thus the Mother mourned Memnon, mourned Achilles, ¹ With just tears...

..., becoming the target of anti-Soviet feeling by American critics. However, in many ways “Spartacus” came to symbolize the shadier side of Cold War cultural diplomacy. Meyerhold Vsevolod Spartacus Yakobson Yakobson Leonid choreography of abstract Asafyev Boris Ballet Russian Soviet acrobatic and gymnastic...

... Stéphen Baron Charles Charnoz Elie Grizey Marcel Reputation Diplomacy International Trade Political Recognition Genoa conference The Russian repudiation—an extreme measure—deeply shocked French investors. The predominant mood at the beginning of 1918 nevertheless seems to have been disbelief...