Mandatory Service: How the League of Nations Shaped Modern International Relations

Published: Nov. 6, 2017, 7 a.m.

Prof. Susan Pedersen, a historian of Britain and Europe at Columbia University, discusses her most recent book The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire. On the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, it is crucial to explore the British Mandate of Palestine in a broader context.

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