A Balkan Mission

New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. First Edition . Red Cloth. Very Good + Book/Very Good + DJ. 180 Pp. Red Cloth. First Edition. A Record Of The Author's Travels Through Europe In 1925 For The Carnegie Endowment For International Peace. Lightly Used, Spine Gilt Bright, Hinges Tight. Dj Not Price-Clipped, Lightly Used, Spine Darkened, Single 1/2" Long By 1/8" Deep Triangular Chip At Top Of Front Panel. Inscribed By The Author To Norman Cousins. James Thomson Shotwell (1874 -1965) Was Born In Strathroy, Ontario, To American Quaker Parents. He Obtained His Doctorate From Columbia University In 1903, Where He Studied Under James Harvey Robinson.In 1903, Shotwell Became An History Instructor. He Began Writing Articles For The Encyclopædia Britannica; Soon, He Became Managing Editor Of Its Eleventh Edition. This Work Provided A Good Salary, Honed His Organizational Skills, And Led To His Meeting People Like Bertrand Russell And Henry Ford. Eventually, He Wrote Some 250 Articles. In 1908, He Became Full Professor. His Interest Lay In Particular With The Influence Of Science And Technology On Historical Change And International Relations. In 1917, He Became Director Of Research At The Carnegie Endowment For International Peace, Where Columbia's President, Nicholas Murray Butler Who Was Also President. Shotwell Attended The Paris Peace Conference As A Member Of "The Inquiry" (A Study Group To Prepare Materials For The Peace Negotiations), Historian Of The American Delegation, And Author Of The Provisions Establishing The International Labour Organization (Ilo). He Then He Worked To Counter U.S. Isolationism And To Promote U.S. Entry Into The League Of Nations. He Met With The French Minister Of Foreign Affairs Aristide Briand In Paris And Their Work Led To The Kellogg-Briand Pact Being Signed On August 27, 1928. In 1927, He Became The First Chair Of The Advisory Committee On International Relations Of The Newly Formed Social Science Research Council. He Then Became Director Of Planning And Research In International Relations. In 1930, He Returned To Columbia Full-Time. In 1937, He Was Appointed Bryce Professor Of The History Of International Relations At Columbia University. In 1935, He Became President Of The League Of Nations Association, Whose Executive Director Had Been Clark Eichelberger Since 1933. In 1939, William Allen White, Editor Of The Gazette Of Emporia, Kansas, Along With Eichelberger And Shotwell, Established The Non-Partisan Committee For Peace Through Revision Of The Neutrality Acts. They Formed An Eichelberger-White Committee To Defend America By Aiding The Allies, Founded In May 1940. Eichelberger And Shotwell Created A Commission To Study The Organization Of Peace (Csop.. The Csop Applauded The Moscow Four Power Declaration Of November 1, 1943, And Issued A Report On "Fundamentals Of The International Organization." Under Edward Stettinius, The State Department Used This Report For Its Dumbarton Oaks Proposals. Shotwell Worked Closely With Under Secretary Of State Sumner Welles. In May 1944, He Joined A Group That Published A "Design For The Charter Of The General International Organization" To Succeed The Ruined League Of Nations. The United States, Britain, The Soviet Union, And China All Issued Proposals After The Dumbarton Oaks Conference In October 1944 Of That Year That Closely Paralleled Those Of The "Shotwell Commission". He Organized An Educational Campaign To Support The United Nations. He Attended The First Un Meeting In San Francisco In April 1945 (Where Alger Hiss Was Serving As Acting Secretary General) As A Consultant Representing Carnegie, Then Elected By 42 U.S. Consultants There To Lead Their Delegation. He Helped Draft The Charter Of The United Nations As A Private Consultant To The U.S. State Department. From 1949 To 1950, He Served As The Director Of Economics And History (1942-49) Then President Of The Carnegie Endowment For International Peace - Succeeding Alger Hiss, Who Was Indicted In The Wake Of Allegations By Whittaker Chambers That Became The "Hiss Case."