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International relations between war and revolution: Wilsonian diplomacy and the making of the Treaty of Versailles
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A critique of standard IR interpretations of Wilsonian diplomacy at Versailles, illustrating how realist and liberals' uncritical acceptance of Wilson as the quintessential ‘idealist-liberal’ statesman glosses over a core contradiction at the heart of WilsonIAN diplomacy: the wielding of power politics to transcend power politics.Abstract:
The Peace Treaties of 1919 retain a prominent place within the study of International Relations (IR).The theoretical significance of Versailles for IR can hardly be overstated. For much rests on the question of whether the post-war settlement was problematic due to its liberal nature or in spite of it. Yet, explanations as to why Versailles diplomacy was so problematic vary significantly. What were the central factors affecting policymaking at Versailles? And what does Paris Peace diplomacy tell IR theory about modern foreign policymaking processes? This article provides a critique of standard IR interpretations of Wilsonian diplomacy at Versailles, illustrating how realist and liberals’ uncritical acceptance of Wilson as the quintessential ‘idealist-liberal’ statesman glosses over a core contradiction at the heart of Wilsonian diplomacy: the wielding of power politics to transcend power politics. In doing so, it examines the effects of the Bolshevik revolution as a paradigm-rupturing event transforming the nature and dynamics of the First World War and the post-war settlement. This traces the unique sociological patterns of uneven and combined development thrown up by the war and the geopolitical problems this created for Wilson and the Allies in forging a new international order.read more
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Historical sociology and world history: uneven and combined development over the longue durée
Kamran Matin,Alexander Anievas +1 more
TL;DR: The concept of "uneven and combined development" was originally coined by Leon Trotsky to theorise Tsarist Russia's distinctive experience of modernity and revolution and has been critically and creatively deployed in two main areas: the provision of a sociological foundation to international theory overcoming the chronic schism between sociological and geopolitical modes of enquiry; and, relatedly, in superseding prevailing Eurocentric approaches in the social sciences.
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The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the ways in which ideology and political economy intertwined over time to propel American expansion and empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and show that the interests and beliefs that once sent American troops into Texas and California, or Latin America and East Asia, also propelled American forces into Iraq.
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Revolting Times@@@Safe for Democracy: The Anglo-American Response to Revolution, 1913-1923.
Ronald Steel,Lloyd C. Gardner +1 more
TL;DR: The authors explored the collective impact on the western democracies of the revolutions that swept Mexico in 1910, China in 1911, and especially Russia in 1917, focusing on two key figures -Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George.
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Violence to Velvet: Revolutions—1917 to 2017
TL;DR: A closer examination of the 1917 Russian Revolution reveals violence was not its defining feature as discussed by the authors, and the Bolsheviks conceived October as the opening salvo of international, socialist revolution; expectations largely crushed by overwhelming counter-revolutionary violence.
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Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
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Man, The State and War: A Theoretical Analysis.
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