{"product_id":"9781908323668","title":"The Hidden Perspective: The Military Conversations 1906-1914","description":"\u003cbr\u003eIn 1905, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey agreed to speak secretly with his French counterparts about sending a British expeditionary force to France in the event of a German attack. Neither Parliament nor the rest of the Cabinet was informed. \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers back to these tense years leading up to World War I and re-creates the stormy Cabinet meetings in the fall of 1911 when the details of the military conversations were finally revealed.\u003cp\u003eUsing contemporary historical documents, David Owen, himself a former foreign secretary, shows how the foreign office’s underlying belief in Britain’s moral obligation to send troops to the Continent influenced political decision-making and helped create the impression that war was inevitable. Had Britain’s diplomatic and naval strategy been handled more skillfully during these years, Owen contends, the carnage of World War I might have been prevented altogether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043794043120,"sku":"9781908323668","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908323668_p0.jpg?v=1763621077","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908323668","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}