1st Edition

What the League of Nations Is

By H. Wilson Harris Copyright 1925
126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1925, written by someone who was associated with the work of the League of Nations from the beginning, this concise book is a clear and short account of the structure, function and tasks of the League of Nations at the start of the Twentieth Century. The necessary historical background to the political landscape at the end of World War 1 is provided and the early chapters... Read more

1.How the League Began 2. The Purpose of the League 3. The Structure of the League 4. The League and Labour 5. The Court of International Justice 6. How Disputes are Settled 7. The Armaments Problem 8. Reconstructing Europe 9. The League’s Business Side 10. The World’s Health 11. Humanitarian Effort 12. The Mandate System 13. The Saar and Danzig 14. The League and Minorities 15. After Five Years.

Biography

Henry Wilson Harris (1883-1955) was Editor of The Spectator from 1932 to 1953.He was in the last group of University MPs and an independent MP for Cambridge University from 1945-1950. 

Original review of What the League of Nations Is:

‘He has done the work extremely well.’ Journal of the British Institute of International Affairs, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 1926.