CHARMLEY John <br/><br/>
Spendid isolation? Britain, the balance of power and the origins of the First World War 

 - London:  Hodder & Stoughton,  1999 
 - 518p. 
<br/><br/> Suggests that Britain did not have a foreign policy tradition of maintaining a balance of power, and that British involvement in the First World War was neither inevitable or desirable, particularly given the costs of doing so. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0340657901 (hbk.):  25.00 UK 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>BRITAIN<br/>CAUSES OF WAR<br/>FIRST WORLD WAR