The Samoan Tangle

by Paul Kennedy

Book Overview

Exploring the diplomatic negotiations that led to the division of the Samoan Islands between Germany, Great Britain, and the United States in 1899, this book is a significant study of international relations between the three late-19th-century superpowers. The author demonstrates how 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 192190206X
• ISBN13: 9781921902062
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"