Power and the Pursuit of Peace : theory and practice in the history of relations between states / F H Hinsley

By: Hinsley, F. HContributor(s): Hinsley, F. HMaterial type: TextTextPublisher number: :Zafaa Books & Distributors | :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035Publication details: Cambridge [England] : University Press, 1963Description: 416 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9780521094481Subject(s): Law | Law of nations | International relations -- History | Relations internationales -- Histoire | Internationale Politik | Friedenspolitik | Peace (Philosophy) -- HistoryDDC classification: 341.1 HIN
Contents:
A history of internationalist theories. To the end of the seventeenth century ; Penn, Bellers, and Saint-Pierre ; Rousseau ; Kant ; Bentham and James Mill ; The first half of the nineteenth century ; From the Crimean War to the League of Nations -- A history of the modern states' system to 1900. The beginnings of the system ; The first fifty years ; The concert of Europe ; International relations in the second half of the nineteenth century -- International relations and international organizations in the twentieth century. International relations in the first half of the twentieth century ; The First World War ; The failure of the League of Nations ; The causes of the Second World War ; The nature and development of the United Nations ; International relations since the Second World War.
Summary: In the last years of the nineteenth century peace proposals were first stimulated by fear of the danger of war rather than in consequence of its outbreak. In this study of the nature and history of international relations Mr Hinsley presents his conclusions about the causes of war and the development of men's efforts to avoid it
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A history of internationalist theories. To the end of the seventeenth century ; Penn, Bellers, and Saint-Pierre ; Rousseau ; Kant ; Bentham and James Mill ; The first half of the nineteenth century ; From the Crimean War to the League of Nations --
A history of the modern states' system to 1900. The beginnings of the system ; The first fifty years ; The concert of Europe ; International relations in the second half of the nineteenth century --
International relations and international organizations in the twentieth century. International relations in the first half of the twentieth century ; The First World War ; The failure of the League of Nations ; The causes of the Second World War ; The nature and development of the United Nations ; International relations since the Second World War.

In the last years of the nineteenth century peace proposals were first stimulated by fear of the danger of war rather than in consequence of its outbreak. In this study of the nature and history of international relations Mr Hinsley presents his conclusions about the causes of war and the development of men's efforts to avoid it

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