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Lord Beaconsfield after his return from the Congress of Berlin (1878) boasted: “I have brought peace with honour” Comment.

  • UPSC 1998
  • Nation-State System

Benjamin Disraeli, ennobled as Lord Beaconsfield, returned from the Congress of Berlin (1878) claiming to have secured "peace with honour" for Britain — a claim that survives only partly under scrutiny.

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  • The Case for Disraeli's Claim
  • The Case Against — Honour as a Diplomatic Fiction
  • Peace Without Durability

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