France and the Internationalization of Security: A Conceptual History of Security During the Interwar Years (1919-1933)
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- During the interwar period in France (1919-1933), the meaning of “security” evolved from a very narrow summation of French desires for territorial guarantees against Germany, to a broad conception that concerned a wide array of values and crossed national and regional boundaries. This can be explained by new domestic concerns in France, and the internationalization of the concept through the League of Nations. In France, overwhelming territorial and military anxieties after the war necessitated the emergence of a new language of security to convey these fears. In the wake of war, the language of security predominantly referred to tangible guarantees. Fears over French national decline and the falling birth rate, however, brought the French family and cultural attitudes into the realm of security concerns. As the French government shaped policy to tackle cultural concerns as well as military affairs, cultural and military issues became conflated in a more expansive definition of national security. Internationally, the language of security was slowly adopted into the discourse of the League of Nations through several negotiations over the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee (1923), the Geneva Protocol (1924), and the Locarno Treaty (1925). This encouraged nations to develop their own specific national security policies. By the start of the 1930s, security had become both more specific—as each nation shaped their own security policy—and gained a plurality of meanings, as it was used to refer to regions as well as nations, and to all national values—be they military, cultural, economic, or political.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | May 12, 2017 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | McIntosh, Whitney |
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| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Fisher Family Honors Program in Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law |
| Primary advisor | Stedman, Stephen |
Subjects
| Subject | France |
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| Subject | security |
| Subject | interwar |
| Subject | 1920s |
| Subject | French |
| Genre | Thesis |
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