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The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: Reissued with a new preface from Michael Cox de Michael Cox

The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: Reissued with a new preface from Michael Cox

Editat de Michael Cox Autor E. H. Carr
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 dec 2016
E.H. Carr's Twenty Years' Crisis is a classic work in International Relations. Published in 1939, on the eve of World War II, it was immediately recognized by friend and foe alike as a defining work in the fledgling discipline. The author was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century. The issues and themes he develops in this book continue to have relevance to modern day concerns with power and its distribution in the international system. 

Michael Cox's critical introduction provides the reader with background information about the author, the context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance. Written with the student in mind, it offers a guide to understanding a complex, but crucial text.

Now updated with a new preface from Michael Cox.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781349950751
ISBN-10: 1349950750
Pagini: 357
Ilustrații: CXXIV, 233 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2016
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Part One: The Science of International Politics.- Part Two: The International Crisis.- Part Three: Politics, Power and Morality.- Power Four: Laws and Change.

Notă biografică

E.H. Carr was born in 1882, joined the Foreign Office in 1916 and resigned 20 year later to become the fourth Woodrow Wilson Professor in the Department of International Politics at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth. Here he published seven books including The Twenty Years’ Crisis in 1939. The following year he joined the Ministry of Information before moving on to become the Assistant Editor of The Times. In 1945 he began work on his massive History of Soviet Russia. He was elected a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1995. The author of the bestselling What is History? In 1961, Carr died in 1982 at the age of 90.

Michael Cox is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the London School of Economic and Director of LSE IDEAS, the world ranked Think Tank. Author and editor of over 25 books and a leading specialist on the life and work of E.H Carr, he is editor of Palgrave’s flagship journal of IR, International Politics, as well as its successful book series, Rethinking World Politics. He is currently completing a history of the LSE.

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A recognized classic in IR; a seminal text in the discipline Provides essential background to Carr and the historical events which shaped the book’s argument and reception Michael Cox's introductory matter makes this important work accessible to a new generation of students