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The League of Nations and the Organization of Peace book cover

1st Edition

The League of Nations and the Organization of Peace

By Martyn Housden Copyright 2012
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge
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The League of Nations - pre-cursor to the United Nations - was founded in 1919 as a response to the First World War to ensure collective security and prevent the outbreak of future wars. It was set up to facilitate diplomacy in the face of future international conflict, but also to work towards eradicating the very causes of war by promoting social and economic justice. The philosophy behind much... Read more

Contents

 

Acknowledgements

 

Chronology

 

Who’s Who

 

Glossary

 

Introduction    Organising the peace of the world.

 

Chapter 1    What was the League of Nations?

  

Chapter 2    How new was the League of Nations?

 

Chapter 3    A promising start? Disputes, borders and national minorities in the 1920s.

 

Chapter 4    International humanitarian action: refugees and security.

 

Chapter 5    Removing the causes of war: social and economic projects.

 

Chapter 6    The League betrayed: collective security in the 1930s and disarmament.

 

Conclusion Assessing the League of Nations.

 

Documents

 

Further Reading

 

References

 

Index

Biography



Martyn Housden is a Reader in Modern History at the University of Bradford. He has written extensively on the history of modern Germany and also on Central and Eastern Europe.

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