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OverviewThis collection examines various aspects of the efforts made to limit warfare through arms limitation and disarmament agreements in the period from the first Hague conference to the outbreak of World War II in Europe. The issue for each contributor is not necessarily to show whether individual endeavors, separate conferences, and the rest were successful or unsuccessful--though this is an important consideration. Rather, each chapter tends to offer differing points of view on accomplishments and failures because, as is so often the experience in historical study, the record is mixed; and this situation is certainly no less characteristic of arms limitation and disarmament between 1899 and 1939. Written by experts on disarmament issues, these chapters put into historical perspective how and why the effort, to restrain war were undertaken at the Hague conferences, the Washington conference, and among antiwar groups. Each contributor approaches this task using the method he or she deems most appropriate. Some employ an historiographical approach; others undertake to produce analyses based heavily on archival holdings in order to offer new interpretations of the past or revise existing ones. This book will be of interest to students and teachers alike of modern history and political science. Full Product DetailsAuthor: B.J.C. MckercherPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.595kg ISBN: 9780275940591ISBN 10: 0275940594 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 26 October 1992 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Restraints on War, 1899-1939 by B.J.C. McKercher The British Government, the Hague Peace Conference of 1907, and the Armaments Question by Andre T. Sidorowicz ""The British Empire Floats on the British Navy"": British Naval Policy, Belligerent Rights, and Disarmament, 1902-1909 by Keith Neilson Abolishing War?: Military Disarmament at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 by Lorna S. Jaffe A Matter of Controversy: The Peace Movement and British Arms Policy in the Interwar Period by Cecelia Lynch Look Back in Anger: The Western Powers and the Washington Conference of 1921-1922 by Malcolm H. Murfett The Coolidge Conference of 1927: Disarmament in Disarray by Richard W. Fanning The Historians and the Geneva Naval Conference by Marc Epstein The 1930 London Naval Conference and Anglo-American Maritime Strength, 1927-1930 by Gregory C. Kennedy Of Horns and Teeth: the Preparatory Commission and the World Disarmament Conference, 1926-1934 by B.J.C. McKercher Protecting National Interests by Treaty: The Second London Naval Conference, 1934-1935 by Meredith S. Berg Bibliography"ReviewsAuthor InformationB.J.C. McKERCHER is an Associate Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada. An international and diplomatic historian on Anglo-American relations, he is the author/editor of five books, including (with E.J. Errington) The Vietnam War as History (Praeger, 1990) and (with K.E. Neilson) Go Spy the Land: Military Intelligence in History (Praeger, 1992). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |