Summary
Miloš Ković: Disraeli and the Eastern Question
In the history of Great Britain, Benjamin Disraeli was remembered as a two-time prime minister, the founder of modern British conservatism and a popular novelist. However, in just a few fateful years, he had a decisive influence on the history of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. This book explores the most important influences that shaped Benjamin Disraeli's mind, starting from his early youth, into the beliefs that would guide him through the Great Eastern Crisis and the Congress of Berlin, from 1875 to 1878. The biographical approach intersected with the history of ideas, and then, in the analysis of Disraeli's key role in the Great Eastern Crisis and the implementation of the decisions of the Berlin Congress, the intellectual biography was extended by the history of international relations. Unique in historiography, the author has presented a complete reconstruction of Disraeli's views on the Eastern Question and his policy in the Great Eastern Crisis, based on a variety of original materials, from Disraeli's private writings, correspondence and novels, through confidential documents of the British. Foreign Office, personal funds of Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister's closest associates, to minutes of parliamentary debates and daily press.
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