League of Nations

List of contents

Introduction: the idea of international order; 1. Ordering people; 2. Ordering wealth; 3. Ordering war; Epilogue: the means and ends of the league of nations.

Summary

The Element challenges histories of the League of Nations that present it as a meaningful experiment in global governance. Such accounts have largely failed to admit its overriding purpose: to claim control over the globe's resources, weapons, and populations for its main showrunners. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Foreword

This Element suggests that the League of Nations operated as a successful reconfiguration of empire.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Maiolo, Joseph (Kings College London) Robson Maiolo, Maiolo Joseph, Laura Robson, Robson Laura
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2025
• EAN: 9781009514156
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0951415-6
• No. of pages: 106
• Series: Elements in Modern Wars
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; United Nations, HISTORY / Military / General, Geopolitics, Aid & relief programmes, International institutions, International humanitarian law, Political, Socio-Economic & Strategic Groupings, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum, Public international law: humanitarian law, Aid and relief programmes