The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire
A sweeping global history of the League of Nations' mandates system and the limits of imperial order.
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- Oxford University Press, USA
- Year
- 2015
- ISBN-13
- 9780199730032
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- League of NationsColonialism and imperial orderMandate system
Awards
- Cundill History PrizeWon(2015)
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