The Peace That Never Was
A History of the League of Nations
$43.74
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2019
Summary
Ninety years ago, the League of Nations convened for the first time, hoping to create a safeguard against destructive, world-wide war by settling disputes through diplomacy. This book looks at how the League was conceptualized and explores the multifaceted body that emerged. This new form for diplomacy was used in ensuing years to counter territorial ambitions and restrict armaments, as well as to discuss human rights and refugee issues. The League’s failure to prevent World War II, however, would lead to its dissolution and the subsequent creation of the United Nations. As we face new forms of global crisis, this timely book asks if the UN’s fate could be ascertained by reading the history of its predecessor.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781910376782 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1910376787 |
| Author: | Ruth Henig |
| Publisher: | Haus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Haus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 128mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Makers Of The Modern World |
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Critics Review
Henig provides greater depth, and much more authority, than the textbooks. She is a sure, and also an entertaining, guide’. -History Review
Ruth Henig
Dr Ruth Henig, CBE, is an academic historian and Labour Party politician. She served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities from 1997 to 2000 and in April 2006 she was one of six people to receive the first Honorary Fellowships of Lancaster University. Specialising in 20th-century international history, she has written three Lancaster Pamphlets: on the origins of the First and Second World Wars, Versailles and After: 1919-1933; on the Treaty of Versailles and international diplomacy in the 1920s; and The League of Nations (1973).
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