Daniel Hucker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4585619 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Hucker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Hucker |
| SIGNATURE | HUCKER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3577-8843 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
American Philanthropy, European Pacifism, and the Parameters of the International Peace Movement before the First World War
The establishment of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) in 1910 was a transformative moment for the international peace movement, introducing significant financial resources and prioritizing an American-driven approach to global peace activism. Founded by Andrew Carnegie, the CEIP sought to eliminate war through rational, scientific, educational, and legalist efforts, promising a departure from the idealistic approaches conside…
The Lake Mohonk Conferences on International Arbitration (1895–1916)
Between 1895 and 1916, a Conference on International Arbitration met annually at Lake Mohonk, New York, seeking to implement arbitration as a substitute for war. This article considers the aims, effects, and limitations of these conferences, including the problematic assumptions underpinning their apparent progressivism. The belief that an enlightened public opinion would play a decisive role in advancing arbitration will be interrogated, as will…
Allowed to Serve, Not to Speak’? The Role of Women in International Peace Activism, 1880-1920
As the twentieth century dawned, fledgling transnational networks of peace activists, including the International Peace Bureau and the Interparliamentary Union, grew in prominence, not least in Europe. Impetus came from the United States, notably via the Lake Mohonk conferences and emergent organisations like the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the World Peace Foundation. Each group purported to speak on behalf of an inclusive and …
Our Expectations Were Perhaps Too High”
Historical assessments of the 1907 Hague Peace Conference, such as its 1899 predecessor, are usually framed in verdicts of success or failure. Although some specialist accounts rightly portray the Hague meetings as both successful and important, most analyses of the period emphasize their shortcomings, not least the failure to prevent war in 1914. This article interrogates why the existing historiography is framed in this simplistic—and ultimatel…
Public opinion, the press and the failed Anglo-Franco-Soviet negotiations of 1939
For nearly 80 years, historians have debated whether the western powers or the USSR should be blamed for the failure of the Anglo-Franco-Soviet negotiations in 1939. This rather tired debate features here, but only in the background. Instead, these negotiations provide a case study for exploring the interface between the press, public opinion, and foreign policymaking, identifying an example of how policymakers’ perceptions of popular opinion wie…
The French Media and the Forging of a Franco-British Alliance in the late 1930s
This article explores the interconnections between the media in France and the emergence of a Franco-British alliance on the eve of the Second World War, emphasizing how newspaper, radio and newsreel coverage helped mould British perceptions of France during the late 1930s. It will argue that British assessments of France, and thus France’s potential value as a wartime ally, were influenced greatly by the dominant representations furnished by the…
British Peace Activism and ‘New’ Diplomacy
This analysis provides a re-appraisal of the 1899 Hague Conference by looking more closely at how citizen activists—notably in Britain but also transnationally—used it as a forum through which to press their agenda onto politicians and diplomatists. In so doing, this assembly existed as a stepping-stone between the ‘old’ diplomacy of the nineteenth century and the ‘new’ diplomacy of the twentieth. Peace activists identified and harnessed a growin…
International History and the Study of Public Opinion
International historians have long been fascinated by public opinion and its influence on policymaking, citing it frequently as one of the many factors that inform foreign policy choices. However, historians – and international historians in particular – have yet to develop any substantial or rigorous methodological frameworks capable of revealing the actual influence of popular opinion at the highest levels of diplomatic policy. This article int…
The BBC and National Identity in Britain, 1922-53 by Thomas Hajkowsi Popular Culture and Working-Class Taste in Britain, 1930-39
Public Opinion between Munich and Prague
This article examines the role of the French embassy in London during the pivotal period between the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and Germany's occupation of the rump Czechoslovakian state in March 1939. In particular, it focuses on the reports sent to the French foreign ministry by the ambassador, Charles Corbin, and his colleagues on the subject of British public, press and political opinion vis-à-vis appeasement. The aim of this article …
Franco-British Relations and the Question of Conscription in Britain, 1938–1939
This article examines the interaction between the French campaign for the introduction of British conscription during 1938–9 and the ebbs and flows of British public opinion on the same issue. In particular, it will demonstrate how French pressure for conscription varied in intensity depending on French perceptions of British opinion on the subject. It was this interaction between diplomatic and domestic pressures that ultimately compelled the Br…
French public attitudes towards the prospect of war in 1938 1939
This article challenges the received wisdom that French public opinion was infused with pacifist sentiment during the 1930s and that this sentiment in turn contributed to the French defeat of 1940. It will suggest that French public attitudes towards the prospect of war can be better defined as ‘war anxiety’ rather than the value-laden term ‘pacifism’. Taking as a test case the period between the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and the outbrea…
International History and the Study of Public Opinion
International historians have long been fascinated by public opinion and its influence on policymaking, citing it frequently as one of the many factors that inform foreign policy choices. However, historians – and international historians in particular – have yet to develop any substantial or rigorous methodological frameworks capable of revealing the actual influence of popular opinion at the highest levels of diplomatic policy. This article int…
Franco-British Relations and the Question of Conscription in Britain, 1938–1939
This article examines the interaction between the French campaign for the introduction of British conscription during 1938–9 and the ebbs and flows of British public opinion on the same issue. In particular, it will demonstrate how French pressure for conscription varied in intensity depending on French perceptions of British opinion on the subject. It was this interaction between diplomatic and domestic pressures that ultimately compelled the Br…
French public attitudes towards the prospect of war in 1938 1939
This article challenges the received wisdom that French public opinion was infused with pacifist sentiment during the 1930s and that this sentiment in turn contributed to the French defeat of 1940. It will suggest that French public attitudes towards the prospect of war can be better defined as ‘war anxiety’ rather than the value-laden term ‘pacifism’. Taking as a test case the period between the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and the outbrea…
Franco-British Relations and the Question of Conscription in Britain, 1938–1939
This article examines the interaction between the French campaign for the introduction of British conscription during 1938–9 and the ebbs and flows of British public opinion on the same issue. In particular, it will demonstrate how French pressure for conscription varied in intensity depending on French perceptions of British opinion on the subject. It was this interaction between diplomatic and domestic pressures that ultimately compelled the Br…
The BBC and National Identity in Britain, 1922-53 by Thomas Hajkowsi Popular Culture and Working-Class Taste in Britain, 1930-39
Public Opinion between Munich and Prague
This article examines the role of the French embassy in London during the pivotal period between the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and Germany's occupation of the rump Czechoslovakian state in March 1939. In particular, it focuses on the reports sent to the French foreign ministry by the ambassador, Charles Corbin, and his colleagues on the subject of British public, press and political opinion vis-à-vis appeasement. The aim of this article …
International History and the Study of Public Opinion
International historians have long been fascinated by public opinion and its influence on policymaking, citing it frequently as one of the many factors that inform foreign policy choices. However, historians – and international historians in particular – have yet to develop any substantial or rigorous methodological frameworks capable of revealing the actual influence of popular opinion at the highest levels of diplomatic policy. This article int…
British Peace Activism and ‘New’ Diplomacy
This analysis provides a re-appraisal of the 1899 Hague Conference by looking more closely at how citizen activists—notably in Britain but also transnationally—used it as a forum through which to press their agenda onto politicians and diplomatists. In so doing, this assembly existed as a stepping-stone between the ‘old’ diplomacy of the nineteenth century and the ‘new’ diplomacy of the twentieth. Peace activists identified and harnessed a growin…
The French Media and the Forging of a Franco-British Alliance in the late 1930s
This article explores the interconnections between the media in France and the emergence of a Franco-British alliance on the eve of the Second World War, emphasizing how newspaper, radio and newsreel coverage helped mould British perceptions of France during the late 1930s. It will argue that British assessments of France, and thus France’s potential value as a wartime ally, were influenced greatly by the dominant representations furnished by the…
Public opinion, the press and the failed Anglo-Franco-Soviet negotiations of 1939
For nearly 80 years, historians have debated whether the western powers or the USSR should be blamed for the failure of the Anglo-Franco-Soviet negotiations in 1939. This rather tired debate features here, but only in the background. Instead, these negotiations provide a case study for exploring the interface between the press, public opinion, and foreign policymaking, identifying an example of how policymakers’ perceptions of popular opinion wie…
Our Expectations Were Perhaps Too High”
Historical assessments of the 1907 Hague Peace Conference, such as its 1899 predecessor, are usually framed in verdicts of success or failure. Although some specialist accounts rightly portray the Hague meetings as both successful and important, most analyses of the period emphasize their shortcomings, not least the failure to prevent war in 1914. This article interrogates why the existing historiography is framed in this simplistic—and ultimatel…
Allowed to Serve, Not to Speak’? The Role of Women in International Peace Activism, 1880-1920
As the twentieth century dawned, fledgling transnational networks of peace activists, including the International Peace Bureau and the Interparliamentary Union, grew in prominence, not least in Europe. Impetus came from the United States, notably via the Lake Mohonk conferences and emergent organisations like the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the World Peace Foundation. Each group purported to speak on behalf of an inclusive and …
The Lake Mohonk Conferences on International Arbitration (1895–1916)
Between 1895 and 1916, a Conference on International Arbitration met annually at Lake Mohonk, New York, seeking to implement arbitration as a substitute for war. This article considers the aims, effects, and limitations of these conferences, including the problematic assumptions underpinning their apparent progressivism. The belief that an enlightened public opinion would play a decisive role in advancing arbitration will be interrogated, as will…
American Philanthropy, European Pacifism, and the Parameters of the International Peace Movement before the First World War
The establishment of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) in 1910 was a transformative moment for the international peace movement, introducing significant financial resources and prioritizing an American-driven approach to global peace activism. Founded by Andrew Carnegie, the CEIP sought to eliminate war through rational, scientific, educational, and legalist efforts, promising a departure from the idealistic approaches conside…
Law (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Public opinion (7 works) · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact (7 works) · History (5 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (4 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (4 works)