Synopses & Reviews
Challenging the standard narrative of Interwar International History, this account establishes the causal relationship between the global political and economic crises of the period, and offers a radically new look at the role of ideology, racism and the leading liberal powers in the events between the First and Second World Wars.
About the Author
ROBERT BOYCE has taught International History at the London School of Economics for many years as well as at the University of Toronto and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme at Dijon.
Table of Contents
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 February 1932 * The Collapse of the Postwar Order, 1932 - 34 * Conclusion: From the Great Interwar Crisis to the Present * Bibliography