The League of Nations: enduring legacies of the first experiment at world organization
In: Global institutions
In: Global institutions
In: Global Institutions
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Why study the League of Nations? -- Plan of the book -- 1. The League of Nations experiment and the quest for world order -- The problem of (liberal) order -- The League as experiment -- Conclusion: charting the legacies of the League experiment -- 2. The League of Nations in time -- Origins of a "great experiment" -- The League in practice: anatomy of a legitimacy crisis -- Conclusion: what if …? -- 3. Foil or foundation?: From League of Nations to United Nations -- The shadow of the League and the creation of the United Nations -- Lesson #1: Construct the political moment before being held hostage to it -- Lesson #2: Reconcile power with principle -- Lesson #3: Make the successor more universal, with a greater emphasis on development and human rights -- Legacies of a "second chance" at world order -- Conclusion: a "revised League" -- 4. Lost in transition?: The hidden influence of the League of Nations -- The League of Nations and the construction of the modern world -- The League of Nations and the foundations of global governance -- Conclusion -- 5. The soul of the League and the crisis of liberal order -- Legacies of the League of Nations -- Liberal disorder? -- Wilsonianism and the "American problem" -- Conclusion: can "doomsday" be avoided? -- 6. Revitalizing liberal order -- Visions of world order -- A return to experimentalism -- The future of liberal order -- Bibliography -- Index.
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