Gaynor Johnson

Lord Robert Cecil

Politician and Internationalist

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 842g
• ISBN-13: 9780754669449
• ISBN-10: 0754669440
• Artikelnr.: 41240825

Autorenporträt

Gaynor Johnsonis Professor of International History at the University of Kent, UK, and is an Honorary Researcher at at the Centre for War and Diplomacy, Lancaster University, UK. She is the author and editor of several books on British foreign policy and international history in the 20th century, including The Berlin Embassy of Lord D'Abernon, 1920-1926 and The Foreign Office and British Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Inheritance
Chapter 2 Entering the Fray, 1903-14
Chapter 3 Changing Focus, 1914-19?
Chapter 4 The Origins of the League of Nations, 1916-18
Chapter 5 Paris Peace Conference, 1919
Chapter 6 Disarmament and First Challenges to League Authority, 1919-24
Chapter 7 The European Security Debate and the League Council Crisis, 1924-26
Chapter 8 Land and Air Disarmament Negotiations, 1925-27
Chapter 9 Naval Disarmament and the Geneva Naval Conference, 1925-27
Chapter 10 International Disarmament and Crisis in the Far East, 1928-34
Chapter 11 The Peace Ballot and the Rise of Fascism in Europe, 1934-39
Chapter 12 The Second World War, the United Nations and the Cold War, 1939-58
Chapter 101 Conclusion