The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 Reissued with a new preface from
E.H. Carr's Twenty Years' Crisis is a classic work in International Relations. Published in 1939, on the eve of World War II, it was immediately recognized by friend and foe alike as a defining work in the fledgling discipline. The author was one of the m
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‘In the twentieth century, E.H. Carr was one of the most original and interesting thinkers about International Relations. Carr’s insights into the nature of international affairs warrant attention. Everyone interested in international politics should read this book.’ —Robert Gilpin, Eisenhower Professor Emeritus of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University ‘The Twenty Years’ Crisis is one of those books that somehow never goes out of date. It brings into sharp focus a lot of core questions that anyone grappling with the complexities of International Relations needs to confront, and it sets a standard of clarity and vigour of prose that has few competitors in the contemporary IR literature.’ —Barry Buzan, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, The London School of Economics and Political Science ‘Apparently overtaken by events in the very days of its first publication, Carr’s The Twenty Years Crisis has never been more pertinent to the discussion of International Relations relations than it is today: in a world beset by the twin extremes which he excoriated, a craven and short-sighted realism on the one hand, and an unanchored and irresponsible idealism on the other, Carr’s astute arguments should be central to our analysis of, and response to, the world of the twenty-first century.’ —Fred Halliday Now is the time to relaunch The Twenty Years’ Crisis as a basis for rethinking the problem of world order in a time of greater complexity and uncertainty. [Carr’s] exposure of the power relations underlying doctrines of the harmony of interests is especially pertinent to a serious understanding of the ideology of globalization today, while his careful discussion of the need to balance power and morality warns against the hypocrisy of contemporary great-power crusading.’ —Professor Robert Cox, Emeritus Professor, York University, Canada ‘The net influence of the book…is mischievous.’ ‘Brilliantly reasoned.’
—Norman Angell —R.W. Seton-Watson
‘A brilliant, provocative and unsatisfying book.’
—Martin Wight
‘Carr is the consummate debunker who was debunked by the war itself.’ —Arnold Toynbee ‘Professor Carr has shown the entire inadequacy of Professors Zimmern and Toynbee: who will demonstrate the entire inadequacy of Professor Carr?’ —Richard Crossman
The Twenty Years’ Crisis, 1919–1939 E.H. Carr
Reissued with a new preface from Michael Cox
ISBN 978-1-349-95075-1 ISBN 978-1-349-95076-8 DOI 10.1057/978-1-349-95076-8
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