The Search for Negotiated Peace: Women's Activism and Citizen Diplomacy in World War I

ISBN-13: 9780415961424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 464 str.

David Patterson

Opis

The First World War involved the armies of more than twenty nations, resulting in 30 million casualties, including more than 8 million killed. Set against the backdrop of this massive carnage, this work tells the story of the events that moved high profile

Spis treści

Table of Contents Preface Prologue First Efforts Women at The Hague Private Diplomacy in Europe Peace Workers and the Wilson Administration More Momentum and New Directions Climax and Anti-Climax Two Discomfiting Episodes Reappraisals and Political Realities Peace Feelers in Europe Woodrow Wilson’s Independent Mediation Aftermath Conclusion Appendices Women’s Interviews with European Political Leaders Peace Advocates’ Interviews with President Wilson British Women Supporters of the Hague Congress A Note on Sources Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

David Patterson has served as a historian in both academia and government. Besides teaching at several universities, he was chief editor of the Foreign Relations of the United States series at the U.S. Department of State for several yeras. Besides numerous scholarly articles, Patterson is author of Toward a Warless World: The Travail of the American Peace Movement, 1887-1914.