A History Of Diplomacy In The International Development Of Europe PDF Download

Excerpt from A History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe, Vol. 3 If this statement be true as regards national progress, it is more Obviously so regarding international develop ment. Here the personal note becomes predominant. All international relations are based upon the judgments and decisions Of sovereigns and statesmen. These policies may be good or bad, wise or unwise, but they are essentially products Of reflection. The reasons on which they are based may be dynastic or national, and may owe their origin to any Of the conditions that influence human action; but the action that results from them is the outcome Of the thought and feeling Of the time as manifested in those who direct public policy. Regarded from this point Of view, history has a new mean ing and a new value. We are no longer invited to take an interest in a succession Of events without relation to the great problems Of existence, or even to one another; such as the sequence of dynasties, the fatalities Of battles, and mere series Of dates that serve only to place occurrences in a definite chronological order. History becomes to us, in stead, the explanation Of progress or retrogression, as the case may be, in the attainment Of purposes that affect the condition Of man and society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.