Download or read book Britain France and the German problem at the world disarmament conference written by Stephen Edward Balzarini and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great Britain and the World Disarmament Conference 1932 1934 written by James Howard Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Britain and the Problem of International Disarmament written by Carolyn J. Kitching and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-05-20 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the Great War, multilateral disarmament was placed at the top of the international agenda by the Treaty of Versailles and the Covenant of the League of Nations. This book analyzes the naval, air and land disarmament policies of successive British governments from 1919 to 1934, articulating their dilemma either to fulfil their obligations or to avoid them. Daring and controversial, the present study challenges the hitherto accepted view that Britain occupied the high moral ground by drastically reducing its armaments and argues that, during this period, British disarmament policy was reactive and generally failed to provide the leadership that this extremely sensitive time in international politics demanded.
Download or read book The Problem of Disarmament in British Foreign Policy in the Inter war Years with Special Reference to the Period 1932 1934 written by Charles Quaker-Dokubo and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of disarmament is the problem of the effective management of power within international society. Force cannot be removed as a factor in international relations, but it can be controlled. And a disarmament convention - an agreement to limit and perhaps reduce national armaments - can serve this control by stabilising the configuration of world power. The obstacles to the negotiation of a disarmament agreement are political rather than technical, and at the World Disarmament Conference of 1932-4, the main issue was the reconciliation of French and German claims. Germany, disarmed by the Peace Treaty of 1919 demanded "equality of rights" with other nations, while France demanded additional security guarantees before she could agree to limit her arms. The reconciliation of French and German claims was in Britain's interests because her security depended, in part at least, on a stable and peaceful continent. Yet the British Government followed a policy that was not conducive to a reconciliation. British Ministers refused to offer France security guarantees to compensate for the inevitable increase in German power accompanying a grant of equality of rights and this refusal was the major factor leading to the breakdown of the Disarmament Conference in 1934. The main reason for the refusal was that British Ministers subscribed to the putative existence of an international 'harmony of interests'. They assumed that each state had a common interest in peace and that this common interest was compatible with the pursuit of national interest, and they therefore hoped that international problems could be settled without recourse to force or threat of force. This is a delusion. 'Harmony of interest' was a very self-serving doctrine. It permitted Britain to exert a large measure of influence on the continent with very few commitments and at little cost, allowing the Government to concentrate on defending Britain's more immediate interest - the security of the Empire and the protection of her trade routes. The various disarmament schemes put forward by the Government at Geneva were based almost solely on Britain's immediate interests and made little attempt at trying to reconcile the interests of France and Germany - the main problem facing the Disarmament Conference.
Download or read book Britain and the Geneva Disarmament Conference written by C. Kitching and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-12-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating study, Carolyn Kitching examines the role which Britain played at the Geneva Disarmament Conference, an event which marked a watershed in inter-war international relations. Failure to reach agreement in Geneva hastened the collapse of the Treaty of Versailles, and gave the green light for German re-armament. Britain was arguably the only Power capable of mediating between conflicting French and German demands over the Treaty's disarmament clauses, and this analysis reveals that the traditional interpretation of British policy at the conference needs to be drastically revised.
Download or read book The First World Disarmament Conference 1932 1933 and why it Failed written by Philip Noel-Baker and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1979 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detaljeret gennemgang af konferencens forløb. Tillige beskrivelse af nedrustningsforhandlingerne siden Haag konferencen 1899.
Download or read book Strange Allies written by Andrew Webster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange Allies examines three intersecting themes of fundamental importance to the international history of the period between the two world wars. First, and most broadly, it is a study of the international history of the pivotal ‘hinge years’, running from the onset of the Depression in late 1929 to the Nazi capture of power in Germany in early 1933. The second theme is the strategic relationship between Britain and France, the critical dynamic in the management of global and European international relations during this time of great fluidity and uncertainty. The most contentious and intractable issue that divided the two countries was the pursuit of international disarmament, which forms the third theme of the book. Strange Allies is based upon extensive research in British and French archives, as well as in the archives of the League of Nations in Geneva. The book’s focus on 1929–31 in particular makes a major contribution to the international history of the interwar period by re-examining the security and strategic policies of the second Labour government in Britain and of foreign minister Aristide Briand in the post-Locarno years in France. For 1931–33, the book looks at the impact of the great financial and economic crisis of 1931 on security and disarmament planning in Britain and France. It then considers the impact of the Anglo-French relationship on the instability of Europe and on the failure of the World Disarmament Conference. This book is the first detailed study of the Anglo-French relationship during a critical period which saw a reshaping of the boundaries of global security. Although the Anglo-French alliance is rightly seen to be pivotal to both the initial phase of implementing the Versailles settlement of 1919 and the efforts to contain Hitler and protect Europe after 1936, Strange Allies demonstrates the degree to which these states’ conflicting views of security were central to international relations in the years leading up to Hitler’s accession to power.
Download or read book World Disarmament Its Problems and Prospects written by Denys Peter Myers and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disarmament written by and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review of the acts of the League of Nations and of governments, parliamentary debates and the trend of public opinion and action relating to the World Disarmament Conference, 1932.
Download or read book Britain and the Geneva Disarmament Conference written by Carolyn J. Kitching and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain's role at the Geneva Disarmament Conference has traditionally been seen as that of 'Honest Broker', mediating between the conflicting demands of Germany, who sought release from the disarmament restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, and France who feared a resurgent Germany. Britain maintained that she had already disarmed to the lowest level compatible with her own perceived security needs, and therefore given the lead to other powers to follow her example. This analysis will show that the traditional interpretation of British policy at the Conference needs to be drastically revised. Whilst publicly paying lip-service to international disarmament, the British Government privately followed policies designed to improve Britain's position relative to other major powers, seeking to increase, rather than decrease, the level of her armaments. Thus, Britain must bear a far larger share of responsibility for the failure of the Conference than has hitherto been assumed.
Download or read book The Issues of the General Disarmament Conference written by National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disarmament and Equal Rights written by Hans Rohde and published by Berlin C. Heymann 1934.. This book was released on 1934 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes written by League of Nations. Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Disarmament Conference 1932 34 written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book French Foreign Policy 1918 1945 written by Young and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Review of Developments Relating to Aggression written by United Nations and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report was prepared for the Working Group on the Crime of Aggression at the 8th session of Preparatory Commission, held in September-October 2001. The paper consists of four parts relating to: the Nuremberg tribunal; tribunals establish pursuant to Control Council Law number 10; the Tokyo tribunal; and the United Nations. Annexes contain tables regarding aggression by a State and individual responsibility for crimes against peace. The paper seeks to provide an objective, analytical overview of the history and major developments relating to aggression, both before and after the adoption of the UN Charter.
Download or read book The Economic Consequences of the Peace written by John Maynard Keynes and published by Simon Publications LLC. This book was released on 1920 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Maynard Keynes, then a rising young economist, participated in the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 as chief representative of the British Treasury and advisor to Prime Minister David Lloyd George. He resigned after desperately trying and failing to reduce the huge demands for reparations being made on Germany. The Economic Consequences of the Peace is Keynes' brilliant and prophetic analysis of the effects that the peace treaty would have both on Germany and, even more fatefully, the world.
