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Guarantee of Peace - The League of Nations in British Policy 1914-1925 (Hardcover, New)
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Guarantee of Peace - The League of Nations in British Policy 1914-1925 (Hardcover, New)
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Peter Yearwood reconsiders the League of Nations, not as an attempt
to realize an idea but as an element in the day-to-day conduct of
Britain's foreign policy and domestic politics during the period
1914-25.
He challenges the usual view that London reluctantly adopted the
idea in response to pressure from Woodrow Wilson and from domestic
public opinion, and that it was particularly wary of ideas of
collective security. Instead he examines how London actively
promoted the idea to manage Anglo-American relations in war and to
provide the context for an enduring hegemonic partnership.
The book breaks new ground in examining how London tried to use the
League in the crises of the early 1920s: Armenia, Persia, Vilna,
Upper Silesia, Albania, and Corfu. It shows how in the negotiations
leading to the Draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance, the Geneva
Protocol, and the Locarno accords, Robert Cecil, Ramsay MacDonald,
and Austen Chamberlain tried to solve the Franco-German security
question through the League. This involves a re-examination of how
these leaders tried to use the League as an issue in British
domestic politics and why it emerged as central to British foreign
policy.
Based on extensive, detailed archival research, this book provides
a new and authoritative account of a largely misunderstood topic.
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