No enchanted palace : the end of empire and the ideological origins of the United Nations / Mark Mazower.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazower, Mark.

Series:

Lawrence Stone lectures.

Lawrence Stone lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism--History--20th century.

Imperialism.

World politics--1900-1945.

World politics.

United Nations--History.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p. )

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

No Enchanted Palace traces the origins and early development of the United Nations, one of the most influential yet perhaps least understood organizations active in the world today. Acclaimed historian Mark Mazower forces us to set aside the popular myth that the UN miraculously rose from the ashes of World War II as the guardian of a new and peaceful global order, offering instead a strikingly original interpretation of the UN's ideological roots, early history, and changing role in world affairs. Mazower brings the founding of the UN brilliantly to life. He shows how the UN's creators envisioned a world organization that would protect the interests of empire, yet how this imperial vision was decisively reshaped by the postwar reaffirmation of national sovereignty and the unanticipated rise of India and other former colonial powers. This is a story told through the clash of personalities, such as South African statesman Jan Smuts, who saw in the UN a means to protect the old imperial and racial order; Raphael Lemkin and Joseph Schechtman, Jewish intellectuals at odds over how the UN should combat genocide and other atrocities; and Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, who helped transform the UN from an instrument of empire into a forum for ending it. A much-needed historical reappraisal of the early development of this vital world institution, No Enchanted Palace reveals how the UN outgrew its origins and has exhibited an extraordinary flexibility that has enabled it to endure to the present day.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Jan Smuts and Imperial Internationalism

Chapter 2. Alfred Zimmern and the Empire of Freedom

Chapter 3. Nations, Refugees, and Territory

Chapter 4. Jawaharlal Nehru and the Emergence of the Global United Nations

Afterword

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612458163

9786612935886

9780691157955

0691157952

9781282458161

1282458167

9781282935884

1282935887

9781400831661

1400831660

9780691135212

0691135215

OCLC:

640419378