Under the wire : how the telegraph changed diplomacy

The Resource Under the wire : how the telegraph changed diplomacy

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Under the wire : how the telegraph changed diplomacy

Title remainder

how the telegraph changed diplomacy

Statement of responsibility

David Paull Nickles

Language

eng

Summary

How did the telegraph, a new and revolutionary form of communication, affect diplomats, who tended to resist change? In a study based on multinational research, historian Nickles examines the critical impact of the telegraph on the diplomacy of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Case studies in crisis diplomacy introduce thematic discussions on the autonomy of diplomats; the effects of increased speed on decision making and public opinion; the neglected role of clerks in diplomacy; and the issues of expense, garbled text, espionage, and technophobia that initially made foreign ministries wary of telegraphy. Ultimately, the introduction of the telegraph contributed to the centralization of foreign ministries and the rising importance of signals intelligence. The faster pace of diplomatic disputes invited more emotional decisions by statesmen, while public opinion often exercised a belligerent influence on crises developing over a shorter time period.--From publisher description

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N$T

Dewey number

327.2/09/034

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HE7631

LC item number

.N516 2003eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

Series statement

Harvard historical studies

Series volume

144

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