The Evolution Of British Disarmament Policy In The 1920s

Download or read book The Evolution of British Disarmament Policy in the 1920s written by Dick Richardson and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1989 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is concerned with the formulation and implementation of disarmament policy under the Baldwin government arising out of the Treaty of Versailles and the Covenant of the League of Nations in 1919. Despite the preoccupation with the problem by world leaders for 15 years until the breakdown of the Geneva Disarmament Conference in 1934, the author suggests that the Conservative government of 1924-1929, and the national government of 1931-1935, despite making public commitment to a policy of disarmament, nevertheless significantly failed to grasp either the intricacies or importance of disarmament and were less than whole-hearted in their commitment to resolving the problem. He suggests Britain's policy was one of procrastination bordering on duplicity.