Winston Churchill and the Formation of the United Nations Organization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10072799 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E J Hughes, Ellen Hughes (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 177-194 |
| Publication date | 1974-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200947400900408 |
| OpenAlex | W1997988365 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Despite the vast amount of literature concerned with Churchill, relatively little has concentrated upon the nonmilitary aspects of his policy during World War II. In particular, Churchill's views on the League and his role in the formation of a new world organization, have not received the attention they deserve. To rectify this omission in some small way will be the overall purpose of this essay. Mr Robert Rhodes James, in his masterly survey of Churchill's career before World War II, has concluded that Churchill was 'little interested in the League', that his concern 'lacked ultimate conviction, and was solely directed towards building up popular feeling in favour of rearmament and hostility to Germany'.1 While this may be true, the interest which Churchill took in the League during the 1930s is of particular value in understanding his wartime policy. Contained within the numerous speeches on 'Arms and the Covenant' are many indications of the assumptions and directions of Churchillian policy. To Churchill, the League was but a new manifestation of the Concert of Europe. It was European-oriented and its failure in Manchuria was unimportant, since the countries in the dispute formed, 'another world, a world in itself, and you should not judge of the success or power of a great international instrument like this by the fact that it has not been able to make its will effective at the other end of the world'.2 Here was no theoretical
Alliance · Conviction · Covenant · Economic history · Feeling · League · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · World War II · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Military History and Strategy · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2022 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |