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When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

WDF Presents: A Masters Dissertation- "Honour at Stake" II

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

Phd, International Relations, Korean War, European History, 17th Century, 18th Century, Politics, 20th Century, Thirty Years' War, History, 19th Century, War, First World War

4.8773 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2015

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Herein we define what the code of honour meant to British statesmen in summer 1914, where it came from as a concept and how it became as important and ingrained on the sense of self and national identity. Remember history friends, you can help this podcast and ensure that this is where history thrives! Support us by going to www.patreon.com/WhenDiplomacyFailsFollow me on Twitter @wdfpodcastAnd visit our official website www.wdfpodcast.com Get bonus content on Patreon

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See a website or an by Zach Twomley Chapter 1 What Is It, Honor

1:23.3

To ascertain the significance of honour in Britain's July crisis experience, one must first establish what is meant by honour in the early 20th century.

1:36.1

This can be achieved by tracing its development and placing honour in context.

1:40.7

By achieving this research objective, it should then be clear how multi-layered honour was as a concept in 1914, Britain.

1:48.6

As this chapter will also highlight, it was because of the ambiguity and vagueness of honour

1:53.7

that both anti-interventionists and interventionists alike were able to claim that they acted with honour in mind.

2:03.0

While undertaking in detailed analysis of the origins of honour in the early 20th century is a task far beyond the scope of this

2:09.6

dissertation, there is nonetheless value in examining at some length had the concept found its

2:14.9

way into the correspondence, rhetoric and general discourse of Britain's

2:19.5

statesmen. Honor as a code can be sourced from the early modern traditions of dueling that

2:25.0

originated on the continent. Many historians attest to the impact that the jewel had on creating

2:30.5

and disseminating the code of honour that came to be adopted within the discourse of

2:34.5

stately diplomacy in the 19th century. Indeed, despite the complete cessation of dueling as a

2:40.6

practice in Britain by 1852 and popularly decades before that, the Code of Honor remained,

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