Description: Beyond Appeasement by Cecelia M. Lynch The interwar peace movements were, according to conventional interpretations, naive and ineffective and further, they actually weakened national efforts to resist Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. The author provides a re-evaluation of the movements, challenging these ideas. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The inter-war peace movements were, according to conventional interpretations, naive and ineffective and further, they actually weakened national efforts to resist Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. The author provides a re-evaluation of the movements, challenging these interpretations, particularly regarding the post-war understanding of Realism, which forms the basis of core assumptions in international relations theory. The Realist account labels support for inter-war peace movements as idealist. It holds that this support - largely pacifist in Britain, largely isolationist in the USA - led to over-reliance on the League of Nations, appeasement, and eventually the onset of global war. Through a careful examination of both the social history of the peace movements and the diplomatic history of the inter-war era, Lynch uncovers the serious contradictions as well as the systematic limitations of Realist understanding and outlines the making of the structure of the world community that would emerge from the war. Lynch focuses on the construction of the United Nations as evidence that the conventional history is incomplete as well as misleading.She brings to light the role of social movements in the formation of the normative underpinnings of the UN, thus requiring scholars to rethink their understanding of the repercussions of the inter-war experience, as well as the significance of social movements for international life. Author Biography Cecelia Lynch is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Review "Cecelia Lynch, focusing on the activities of British and US peace movements between 1918 and 1945, makes a brave and necessary attempt to overcome a disciplinary divide between twentieth-century social movements and international relations.... It is hoped that Lynchs book will stimulate further, more detailed research on the origins of the United Nations." -- James Hinton, University of Warwick * The International History Review * "Beyond Appeasement is an ambitious and original research product. In this book, Lynch reexamines the British and U.S. peace movements between the two world wars. Though primarily addressed to international relations scholars, this book should also interest social movement specialists." -- Jeffrey W. Knopf, Naval Postgraduate School * Mobilization * Long Description The interwar peace movements were, according to conventional interpretations, naive and ineffective. More seriously, the standard histories have also held that they severely weakened national efforts to resist Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. Cecelia Lynch provides a long-overdue reevaluation of these movements. Throughout the work she challenges these interpretations, particularly regarding the postwar understanding of Realism, which forms the basis of core assumptions in international relations theory. The Realist account labels support for interwar peace movements as idealist. It holds that this support--largely pacifist in Britain, largely isolationist in the United States--led to overreliance on the League of Nations, appeasement, and eventually the onset of global war. Through a careful examination of both the social history of the peace movements and the diplomatic history of the interwar era, Lynch uncovers the serious contradictions as well as the systematic limitations of Realist understanding and outlines the making of the structure of the world community that would emerge from the war. Lynch focuses on the construction of the United Nations as evidence that the conventional history is incomplete as well as misleading. She brings to light the role of social movements in the formation of the normative underpinnings of the U.N., thus requiring scholars to rethink their understanding of the repercussions of the interwar experience as well as the significance of social movements for international life. Review Quote "This major historical study of Anglo-American peace movements also speaks to significant theoretical issues. Cecelia Lynch carefully documents an important case of social movements helping to transform international norms. And by effectively challenging the foundational myth of a sharp realist-idealist dichotomy (and idealist responsibility for World War II), she raises new questions about the impact of dominant disciplinary narratives on our understandings of international relations." Details ISBN080143548X Audience Age 7-18 Publisher Cornell University Press ISBN-10 080143548X ISBN-13 9780801435485 Format Hardcover Imprint Cornell University Press Place of Publication Ithaca Country of Publication United States DEWEY 327.17209 Year 1999 Author Cecelia M. Lynch Pages 256 Publication Date 1999-04-16 Subtitle Interpreting Interwar Peace Movements in World Politics Short Title Beyond Appeasement Language English Media Book DOI 10.1604/9780801435485 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 1999-04-16 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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Author: Cecelia M. Lynch
Publication Name: Beyond Appeasement: Interpreting Interwar Peace Movements in World Politics
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Language: English
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Subject: Social Sciences, Sociology, History
Publication Year: 1999
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