Challenging the standard narrative, this account, updated for the paperback edition, establishes the causal relationship between the global political and economic crises of the interwar period, and offers a new look at the role of ideology, racism and the leading liberal powers in the events between the First and Second World Wars. ROBERT BOYCEtaught International History at the London School of Economics, UK,for many years as well as at the University of Toronto, Canada,and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, France. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme at Dijon, France. INDICE: List of Tables - Preface - Abbreviations - Introduction - The Liberal Powers, Peace-Making and International Security, 1914-19 - The Emasculation of International Security after the Great War - The Limits of Globalisation - The Crisis Begins, 1927-29 - The Crisis, September 1929 - April 1931 - In the Eye of the Storm, May 1931 b February 1932 - The Collapse of the Post-War Order, 1932 - 34 - Conclusion: From the Great Interwar Crisis to the Present - Bibliography - -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-30243-3
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 624
- Fecha Publicación: 24/02/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés