Leonard Woolf, the League of Nations and Peace Between the Wars. Issue 4 (30th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wilson, Peter
• Is Part Of: Political quarterly. Volume 86:Issue 4(2015:Oct./Dec.)
• Page Start: 532
• Page End: 539
• Publication Date: 2015-07-30
• Subjects: League of Nations -- interwar period -- peace -- Woolf -- collective security; Political science -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936 -- Periodicals; 320.05
• DOI: 10.1111/1467-923X.12192
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0032-3179

Abstract

Abstract: 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.