Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
New Zealand's moral foreign policy, 1935-1939 : the promotion of collective security through the League of Nations
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
New Zealand Institute of International Affairs
Place
Date
1988
Physical Description
ISBN/ISSN
0908772068
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION - BACKGROUND
New Zealand foreign policy before the first Labour Government, the Labour Party's attitudes 1919-1935, an outline of the moral foreign policy
CHAPTER 2 : THE MORAL FOREIGN POLICY
Basic ideas in relation to the peace movement, the policy-makers, the preparatory document, the reform memorandum, Savage's speech to the Imperial Conference, the explanation, international morality or international law? Objects of the policy
CHAPTER 3 : THE POLICY IN ACTION
Abyssinia : December 1935-July1936
Reform of the League : July-September 1936
New Zealand's election to the Council
Spain : July 1936-April 1937
Abyssinia : April-August 1937
Spain : May 1937
The blue-pencil incident : May 1937
Spain : May 1937-May 1938
The Imperial Conference : May-June 1937
China : September 1937-June 1938
Abyssinia : February-May 1938
Reform of the League : September 1937-January 1939
China : February 1938-May 1939
The end of the policy
CHAPTER 4 : REACTION TO THE POLICY
Reaction in New Zealand, reaction in Britain, reaction in the rest of the world
CHAPTER 5 : CONCLUSION - AN ASSESSMENT
How successful was the policy? Later Labour foreign policy, the significance of the episode in New Zealand history
Public Access Text
Bibliography : p.115-127.
Collection Type
General Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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