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Lord Robert Cecil : politician and internationalist
Author
Title
Lord Robert Cecil : politician and internationalist / Gaynor Johnson.
ISBN
0754697053
1472400623
9780754697053
9781472400628
0754669440
1306069769
9780754669449
9780754669449
9781306069762
9781472400628
Publication
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2013.
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 365 pages)
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Summary
Lawyer, politician, diplomat and leading architect of the League of Nations; Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, was one of Britain's most significant statesmen of the twentieth century. Yet despite his prominence in the international peace movement, Cecil has, until now, never been the focus of an academic biography. Cecil has perhaps been judged unfairly due to his association with the League of Nations, which has since been generally regarded as a failure. However, recent academic research has highlighted the contribution of the League to the creation of many of the institutions a.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Johnson, Gaynor, 1963- Lord Robert Cecil. Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., 2013
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-344) and index.
Contents
Inheritance
Entering the fray: 1903-1914
Changing focus, 1914-1919?
The origins of the League of Nations, 1916-1918
Paris Peace Conference, 1919
Disarmament and first challenges to League authority, 1919-1924
The European security debate and the League Council crisis, 1924-1926
Land and air disarmament negotiations, 1925-1927
Naval disarmament and the Geneva Naval Conference, 1925-1927
International disarmament and crisis in the Far East, 1928-1934
The peace ballot and the rise of fascism in Europe, 1934-1939
The Second World War, the United Nations and the Cold War, 1939-1958.
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