1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990001670210203316

Titolo

In mezzo ai ghiacci : viaggi celebri al Polo Nord di Sir John Franklin, Kane, Mac Clintock ... [et al.] narrati dai viaggiatori stessi / con prefazione storica del prof. G. Dalla Vedova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Fratelli Treves, 1888

Edizione

[Nuova ed. con 321 incisioni ed una carta delle regioni polari secondo le ultime scoperte (1888) preparata dal prof. G. Dalla Vedova]

Descrizione fisica

XV, 646 p. : ill. ; 30 cm

Collocazione

FV A-655

III.1. 2165(I A 46)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968217803321

Autore

Kitching Carolyn <1947->

Titolo

Britain and the problem of international disarmament, 1919-1934 / / Carolyn J. Kitching

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-67504-6

1-138-96502-2

1-134-67505-4

1-280-32555-0

0-203-20174-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in modern European history ; ; 3

Disciplina

327.1/74/0941

Soggetti

Disarmament - History

Great Britain Military policy

Great Britain Foreign relations 1910-1936

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The concept and context of disarmament, 1919  34; The human element; The Lloyd George coalition government, 1918  22; The Conservative governments, 1922  3, and the first Labour government, 1924; The Conservative government, 1924  9; The Labour government, 1929  31; The National government, 1931  4; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the aftermath of the Great War, multilateral disarmament was placed at the top of the international agenda by the Treaty of Versailles and the Covenant of the League of Nations. This book analyzes the naval, air and land disarmament policies of successive British governments from 1919 to 1934, articulating their dilemma either to fulfil their obligations or to avoid them. Daring and controversial, the present study challenges the hitherto accepted view that Britain occupied the high moral ground by drastically reducing its armaments and argues that, during this period, British disarmame