The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations

TLDR

The study examines the interwar period (1919‑1939), focusing on war, peace, and international affairs on the eve of World II. The book adopts a topical framework, using contemporary events as illustrative examples. Its insights and arguments remain relevant four decades later, and the forward‑looking observations in the final chapter still resonate despite the world’s changed shape.

Abstract

This text is a study of the period between the two World Wars. Written on the eve of World War II, it deals with war and peace and the conduct of international affairs. Its framework was topical - illustrations were drawn from the events of the day. But 40 years later its insights and arguments have not lost their relevance. Even the glimpses of the future in the last chapter have not been thrown entirely out of focus by the very different shape which the world has since assumed.