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The guardians : the League of Nations and the crisis of empire /

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Main Author: Pedersen, Susan, 1959- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
League of Nations > History.
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
Colonies > History > 20th century.
Mandates > History > 20th century.
World politics > 1919-1932.
World politics > 1933-1945.
Anti-imperialist movements > History > 20th century.
Internationalism > History > 20th century.
International relations > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Principal Players
  • Introduction: Guardians Assemble
  • Part I. Making the Mandates System
  • 1. Of Covenants and Carve-ups
  • 2. Rules of the Game
  • 3. A Whole World Talking
  • Part II. Retreat from Self-Determination, 1923-1930
  • Preface: Allies and Rivals
  • 4. News from the Orange River
  • 5. Bombing Damascus
  • 6. A Pacific People Says No
  • Part III. New Times, New Norms, 1927-1933
  • Preface: Enter the Germans
  • 7. The struggle over sovereignty
  • 8. Market economies or command economies?
  • 9. An independence safe for empire
  • Part IV. Between Empire and Internationalism, 1933-39
  • Preface: Multiple exits
  • 10. Legitimation Crisis
  • 11. When empire stopped working
  • 12. When internationalism stopped working
  • Conclusion. Mandatory Statehood in the Making
  • Appendix I: Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations
  • Appendix II: Principal administrators of mandated territories
  • A Note on Sources.