The League of Nations / Joseph Maiolo, Laura Robson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maiolo, Joseph A., author.

Robson, Laura, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in modern wars, 2633-8378.

Cambridge elements. Elements in modern wars, 2633-8378

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

League of Nations--History.

League of Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The Element challenges histories of the League of Nations that present it as a meaningful if flawed experiment in global governance. Such accounts have largely failed to admit its overriding purpose: not to work towards international cooperation among equally sovereign states, but to claim control over the globe's resources, weapons, and populations for its main showrunners (including the United States) - and not through the gentle arts of persuasion and negotiation but through the direct and indirect use of force and the monopolisation of global military and economic power. The League's advocates framed its innovations, from refugee aid to disarmament, as manifestations of its commitment to an obvious universal good and, often, as a series of technocratic, scientific solutions to the problems of global disorder. But its practices shored up the dominance of the western victors and preserved longstanding structures of international power and civilizational-racial hierarchy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Feb 2025).

ISBN:

9781009514118

1009514113

9781009514132

100951413X

9781009514149

1009514148

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access