Ex-German and Ottoman territories under “internationalist” mandate
Review of The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire by Susan Pedersen
Rather than a general diplomatic history of the League of Nations, this book is about a very specific mission: the first attempt to “internationalize” the administration of former colonies and conquered territories taken from the losing alliance of World War I. They were not awarded as war booty or compensation, but as places to develop, where the nativ…
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