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Leonard Woolf, the League of Nations and Peace Between the Wars
Author(s) -
Wilson Peter
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/1467-923x.12192
Subject(s) - league , subject (documents) , politics , government (linguistics) , sociology , collective security , work (physics) , law , political science , international relations , political economy , philosophy , mechanical engineering , linguistics , physics , astronomy , library science , computer science , engineering
Co‐founding The Political Quarterly was one among many of Leonard Woolf's achievements during a long career as a progressive political thinker and publicist, particularly in the field of international affairs. To mark the centenary of the publication of International Government , his most innovative and influential work on the subject, this article seeks to assess Woolf's contribution. It examines the Fabian background to Woolf's work, his support for and approach to the League of Nations and his commitment to collective security as an approach to peace. Through a broader understanding of the League it argues that certain failings in the area of collective security, however profound, should not be permitted to blight an otherwise impressive intellectual legacy.