The Samoan Tangle (Pacific Studies) - Softcover

Kennedy, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 192190206X ISBN 13: 9781921902062

Publisher: University of Queensland Press, 2011

Synopsis

When Hugh Laracy reviewed this book in The Journal of Pacific History in 1978 he rightly described it as the 'product of monumental research'. Exploring the diplomatic negotiations that led to the division of the Samoan Islands between Germany, Great Britain and the USA in 1899, it is a significant study of international relations between the three late nineteenth century super powers. The Pacific Islands were pawns in an international diplomatic chess game that involved Britain's early, but often unwilling, acquisition of Pacific territory; Germany's scramble to get its share to bolster its prestige and trading interests; and the USA's late, but insistent, demands for its place in the Pacific. What emerges in The Samoan Tangle is a detailed study of late nineteenth century international relations that reminds us how often the Pacific Islands have been used to satisfy great power plays on the other side of the globe.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul M. Kennedy is the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and the director of International Security Studies at Yale University. He is the author or editor of 19 books, including The Rise of the Anglo-German Antagonism, The War Plans of the Great Powers, The Realities Behind Diplomacy, and The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Queensland Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 192190206X
• ISBN 13: 9781921902062
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 342