Britain, Soviet Russia and the Collapse of the Versailles Order, 1919 1939 Contributor(s): Neilson, Keith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521109787 ISBN-13: 9780521109789 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century - Political Science | International Relations - General |
Dewey: 327.410 |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6" W x 9" (1.26 lbs) 392 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Neilson, Keith: - Keith Neilson is Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada, Ontario. His previous publications include Britain and the Last Tsar. The Russian Factor in British Policy, 1894�917 (1995) and, with Zara Steiner, Britain and the Origins of the First World War (2003). |