Under the Wire

Autorentext

David Paull Nickles is a historian at the U.S. Department of State.

Klappentext

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"Under the Wire" offers a fascinating new perspective on the culture of diplomacy and the social history of technology.

Zusammenfassung
Through case studies in crisis diplomacyâthe War of 1812, the Trent affair during the U.S. Civil War, and the famous 1917 Zimmermann telegramâNickles examines the critical impact of the telegraph on the diplomacy of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Inhalt

Introduction I. Control 1. The Anglo-American Crisis of 1812 2. Diplomatic Autonomy and Telecommunications II. Speed 3. The Trent Affair 4. Speed and Diplomacy 5. Diplomatic Time III. The Medium 6. The Zimmermann Telegram 7. Technical and Economic Factors Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index