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The first Cold War : Anglo-Russian relations in the 19th century

Emerson, Barbara (Historian), author

2024

Overview

Britain and Russia maintained a frosty civility for a few years after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. But, by the 1820s, their relations degenerated into constant acrimonious rivalry over Persia, the Ottoman Empire, Central Asia - the Great Game - and, towards the end of the century, East Asia. 'The First Cold War' presents for the first time the Russian perspective on this 'game', drawing on the archives of the Tsars' Imperial Ministry. Both world powers became convinced of the expansionist aims of the other, and considered these to be at their own expense. When one was successful, the other upped the ante, and so it went on. London and St Petersburg were at war only once, during the Crimean War. But Russophobia and Anglophobia became ingrained on each side, as these two great empires hovered on the brink of hostilities for nearly 100 years.

• Publisher: Hurst & Company
• Subject: Politics and Government. / Russia Foreign relations Great Britain. / Great Britain Foreign relations Russia. / Russia Foreign relations 1801-1917. / Great Britain Foreign relations 19th century.
• ISBN: 9781805260578

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