The League of nations, international terrorism, and British foreign policy, 1934-1938 / Michael D. Callahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Callahan, Michael D. (Michael Dennis), author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Foreign relations--20th century.

Great Britain.

International relations.

Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.

Europe.

Politics and government.

League of Nations.

International cooperation.

Peace.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

x, 317 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018].

Summary:

This book examines the League of Nations, state-supported terrorism, and British foreign policy after the rise of Hitler in the 1930s. It argues that with strong leadership from Britain and France, the League made it possible for states to preserve the peace of Europe after terrorists aided by Italy and Hungary killed the King of Yugoslavia in 1934. This achievement represents the League at its most effective and demonstrates that the organization could carry out its peacekeeping functions. The League also made it possible to draft two international conventions to suppress and punish acts of terrorism. While both conventions were examples of productive collaboration, in the end, few governments supported the League's anti-terrorism project in itself. Still, for Britain, Geneva served the cause of peace by helping states to settle their differences by mediation and concession while promoting international cooperation, a central conviction of British “appeasement” policy in the 1930s.-- Publisher's website.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references ((pages 279-296) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783319771991

331977199X

OCLC:

1041538462