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Author : David Carlton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1970-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349006755
Author : Carolyn J. Kitching
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134675050
In the aftermath of the Great War, multilateral disarmament was placed at the top of the international agenda by the Treaty of Versailles and the Covenant of the League of Nations. This book analyzes the naval, air and land disarmament policies of successive British governments from 1919 to 1934, articulating their dilemma either to fulfil their obligations or to avoid them. Daring and controversial, the present study challenges the hitherto accepted view that Britain occupied the high moral ground by drastically reducing its armaments and argues that, during this period, British disarmament policy was reactive and generally failed to provide the leadership that this extremely sensitive time in international politics demanded.
Author : Henry Winkler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351322300
Since World War II, the British Labour Party has played a central role in dealing with complex international issues. Achieving real power in parliament for the first time, Labour governments have acted responsibly, and are usually in accord with the views of a substantial majority of the British people. Such was not always the case. In British Labour Seeks a Foreign Policy, 1900-1940, Henry R. Winkler synthesizes twenty years' study of the subject to offer the first full-scale treatment of the Labour Party's evolution in foreign affairs. The Labour Party came into existence at the beginning of the twentieth century to deal with the domestic problems of the working class, and it showed relatively little interest in foreign policy issues. In the aftermath of World War I, however, small groups of moderates made the case against the bitter rejection of the Versailles Treaty by many in the Labour Party and the trade union movement. Most of these argued that the League of Nations could be used to remedy some of the deficiencies of the settlement and that such a League must have the sanction of force if it was to be effective. During the 1930s, the failures of the League--in the Far East, Abyssinia, Spain, and Central Europe--compelled some of its advocates to conclude that, League or no League, the threat from Nazi Germany mandated support for a program of preparedness and rearmament even under the aegis of a hated National Government. The result, by 1937, was the final formal abandonment of many of the radical illusions of the twenties and thirties, as Labour reluctantly but formally assumed a posture that enabled it to share in the governance of wartime Britain and to take a key role in dealing with the international issues that emerged in the aftermath of the Second World War. This volume contains valuable lessons on the responsibilities of political parties as well as the pros and cons of specific policies. It is essential reading for understanding Britain's later stands as its leaders tried to adjust to Britain's diminished power in the post-World War II world.
Author : Keith Robbins
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1994-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826460479
The aspirations of democracy and the requirements of diplomacy have always coexisted uneasily. The politicians discussed in this book, in particular the appreciation of the careers of John Bright and James Bryce, reflect obliquely or directly on the problems of politicians who seek the 'high moral ground' either in domestic or international politics. There is also a discussion of the relationship between politicians and the press, as well as of the difficult link between cultural and political assumptions on the one hand and the facts of economic performance on the other.
Author : Rhiannon Vickers
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0719067456
Part of a set tracing the evolution of the Labour Party's foreign policy during the 20th century, this text assesses the development and evolution of Labour's world-view and follows its foreign policy during World War I, the Russian Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the Cold War.
Author : Andrew J. Williams
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0719026245
Author : Harry Harmer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317883494
A timely reference guide to the Labour Party which brings together the essential facts and figures about the Party since its foundation through to the 'New Labour' of the 1990's. It is the essential reference book for anyone wanting reliable information on the Labour Party.
Author : Keith Neilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139448864
A major re-interpretation of international relations in the period from 1919 to 1939. Avoiding such simplistic explanations as appeasement and British decline, Keith Neilson demonstrates that the underlying cause of the Second World War was the intellectual failure to find an effective means of maintaining the new world order created in 1919. With secret diplomacy, alliances and the balance of power seen as having caused the First World War, the makers of British policy after 1919 were forced to rely on such instruments of liberal internationalism as arms control, the League of Nations and global public opinion to preserve peace. Using Britain's relations with Soviet Russia as a focus for a re-examination of Britain's dealings with Germany and Japan, this book shows that these tools were inadequate to deal with the physical and ideological threats posed by Bolshevism, fascism, Nazism and Japanese militarism.
Author : Michael Hughes
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Foreign ministers
ISBN : 0714657158
This book examines the careers of the men who served as British Foreign Secretary between 1919 and 1939, focusing in particular on the ways in which they sought to mould foreign policy.
Author : K. Gildart,D. Howell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230293489
Volume XIII of the Dictionary of Labour Biography maintains the standard of original and thorough scholarship for which the series has earned its outstanding reputation. A unique study of nineteenth and twentieth century British history, each entry is written by a specialist and engages with recent developments in the field of labour history.
Author : Andrew Webster
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351596022
Strange Allies examines three intersecting themes of fundamental importance to the international history of the period between the two world wars. First, and most broadly, it is a study of the international history of the pivotal ‘hinge years’, running from the onset of the Depression in late 1929 to the Nazi capture of power in Germany in early 1933. The second theme is the strategic relationship between Britain and France, the critical dynamic in the management of global and European international relations during this time of great fluidity and uncertainty. The most contentious and intractable issue that divided the two countries was the pursuit of international disarmament, which forms the third theme of the book. Strange Allies is based upon extensive research in British and French archives, as well as in the archives of the League of Nations in Geneva. The book’s focus on 1929–31 in particular makes a major contribution to the international history of the interwar period by re-examining the security and strategic policies of the second Labour government in Britain and of foreign minister Aristide Briand in the post-Locarno years in France. For 1931–33, the book looks at the impact of the great financial and economic crisis of 1931 on security and disarmament planning in Britain and France. It then considers the impact of the Anglo-French relationship on the instability of Europe and on the failure of the World Disarmament Conference. This book is the first detailed study of the Anglo-French relationship during a critical period which saw a reshaping of the boundaries of global security. Although the Anglo-French alliance is rightly seen to be pivotal to both the initial phase of implementing the Versailles settlement of 1919 and the efforts to contain Hitler and protect Europe after 1936, Strange Allies demonstrates the degree to which these states’ conflicting views of security were central to international relations in the years leading up to Hitler’s accession to power.
Author : Kevin Morgan
Publisher : Haus Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1904950612
In 1929 Labour was for the first time the largest party, but his new government had to grapple with the problems of the Great Depression.
Author : F. M. Leventhal
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0719021502
Author : Gordon Martel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134714179
When A.J.P. Taylor's The Origins of the Second World War appeared in 1961 it made a profound impact. The book became a classic and a central point of reference in all discussion on the Second World War. The second edition of this distinguished collection, written by leading experts in the field, is designed to bring the state of the argument up to date. The issues discussed include: * the legacy of the Treaty of Versailles * Hitlers foreign policy * Appeasement * AJP Taylor and the Russians * the treatment of the crises leading up to war including the Anschluss, Danzig, Abysinnian crises and the Spanish Civil War. This second edition will ensure that The Origins of the Second World War will remain a high priority student and scholarly reading lists.
Author : Brian J. C. McKercher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139425063
This book addresses one of the least understood issues in modern international history: how, between 1930 and 1945, Britain lost its global pre-eminence to the United States. The crucial years are 1930 to 1940, for which until now no comprehensive examination of Anglo-American relations exists. Transition of Power analyses these relations in the pivotal decade, with an epilogue dealing with the Second World War after 1941. Britain and the United States, and their intertwined fates, were fundamental to the course of international history in these years. Professor McKercher's book dissects the various strands of the two powers' relationship in the fifteen years after 1930 from a British perspective - economic, diplomatic, naval and strategic.
