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Lord Robert Cecil - Politician and Internationalist (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Lord Robert Cecil - Politician and Internationalist (Hardcover, New Ed)
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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. His
views on international diplomacy cover the most important aspects
of British, European and American foreign policy concerns of the
century, including the origins and consequences of the two world
wars, the disarmament movement, the origins and early course of the
Cold War and the first steps towards European integration. His
experience of the First World War and the huge loss of life it
entailed provoked Cecil to spend his life championing the ethos
behind and work of the League of Nations: a role for which he was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937. Yet despite his prominence
in the international peace movement, Cecil has 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 and precepts that have, since
the Second World War, become accepted parts of the international
system, not least the United Nations. In particular, Cecil and his
work on arms control lay the basis for understanding this new area
of international activity, which would bear fruit during the Cold
War and after. Through an evaluation of Cecil's political career,
the book also assesses his reputation as an idealist and the extent
to which he had a coherent philosophy of international relations.
This book suggests that in reality Cecil was a Realpolitiker
pragmatist whose attitudes evolved during two key periods: the
interwar period and the Cold War. It also proposes that where a
coherent philosophy was in evidence, it owed as much to the moral
and political code of the Cecil family as to his own experiences in
politics. Cecil's social and familial world is therefore considered
alongside his more public life.
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