Origins of War Prevention The British Peace Movement and International Relations, 1730-1854

Name: Origins of War Prevention The British Peace Movement and International Relations, 1730-1854
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ISBN: 9780198226741

ISBN-10: 0198226748

ISBN-13: 9780198226741

Edition: 1996

Authors: Martin Ceadel

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This book makes an original contribution to international relations and British politics. It identifies for the first time the dominant pre-modern theory of international relations, which fatalistically assumed that war was beyond human control. It then shows how this theory was undermined from the 1730s onwards, with the consequence that a debate began about how best to prevent war in which a vocal minority argued that war as an institution for settling disputes could be abolished. Britain led the way in this repudiation of fatalism and exploration of pacific alternatives: it produced the world's first peace movement (which appeared in the mid-1790s as a response to the French wars) and…

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List price: $310.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/23/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 600
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.54" tall
Weight: 2.222
Language: English



Preface


Abbreviations



Introduction: Two Neglected Subjects



From Fatalism to a Peace-or-War Debate



After Fatalism: The Peace-Or-War Debate



The World Context and the End of Fatalism



British Particularism: Engaged Insularity, Prudent Moralism, and Special Mission



The Emerging British Peace Movement



Pre-History: from the 1380s to the 1790s



The First Peace Movement: The French Wars and Their Immediate Aftermath, 1793-1816



The Jonathan Dymond Era: The Peace Society's Mission, 1816-1831



The Joseph Sturge Era: Pacifist Pressure, 1832-1845



The Elihu Burritt Era: Pacifist Impact, January 1846-September 1848



The Richard Cobden Era: Pacificist Permeation, October 1848-September 1851



From Kossuth to the Crimea: Setbacks Yet Entrenchment, October 1851-March 1854


Appendix Leaders: of the Peace Movement


Bibliography


Index