The Search for Negotiated Peace

The First World War was an epic event of huge proportions that lasted over four years and involved the armies of more than twenty nations, resulting in 30 million casualties, including more than 8 million killed. Set against the backdrop of this massive carnage, The Search for Negotiated Peace is the gripping story of the events that moved high profile American and European citizens, particularly women, into the international peace movement. This small, transatlantic network put forth proposals for changing the international system of negotiation. They supported non-annexationist war aims and attempted to discredit nations' secret diplomacy, militarism and narrowly nationalistic practices. Instead, they wanted to develop a 'new diplomacy.' David Patterson skillfully develops the interactions of many of the notable leaders of the movement, including Jane Addams, Aletta Jacobs, and Rosika Schwimmer, into an absorbing narrative that brings together the various strands of women's history, international diplomatic history, and peace history for the first time. The Search for Negotiated Peace is an essential read for anyone interested in the social history of World War I and the foundations of citizen activism today.

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David Patterson has served as a historian in both academia and government. Besides teaching at several universities, he was chief editor of the Foreign Relations of the United States series at the U.S. Department of State for several yeras. Besides numerous scholarly articles, Patterson is author of Toward a Warless World: The Travail of the American Peace Movement, 1887-1914.

Inhalt

Table of Contents

Preface

Prologue

First Efforts

Women at The Hague

Private Diplomacy in Europe

Peace Workers and the Wilson Administration

More Momentum and New Directions

Climax and Anti-Climax

Two Discomfiting Episodes

Reappraisals and Political Realities

Peace Feelers in Europe

Woodrow Wilson's Independent Mediation

Aftermath

Conclusion

Appendices

• Women's Interviews with European Political Leaders

• Peace Advocates' Interviews with President Wilson

• British Women Supporters of the Hague Congress

A Note on Sources

Notes

Bibliography

Index