J.A.S. Grenville - The Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century: A History and Guide with Texts

The Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century

The Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century surveys the history of treaty-making throughout the twentieth century. It accessibly provides the texts of all the major treaties that either continue in force today, or are of historical importance. These treaties are essential for an understanding of recent history and for analysis of current international relations.

The Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century is truly global in scope and covers treaties of all aspects from political and economic agreements to environmental and human rights pacts. From the great many treaties set out and discussed, examples include:

the Treaty of Versailles, 1919

the Pact of Steel, 1939

the Charter of the United Nations, 1945

the North Atlantic Treaty, 1949

the Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, 1990

the Belfast Agreement, 1998

the Charter of the Organization of African Unity, 1963

the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948

Drawing on the previous volumes of their books on The Major International Treaties, the authors bring the picture up to date in this definitive work with the events of the 1980s and 1990s, many of which have rendered earlier treaties redundant. This is an invaluable resource for all those interested in modern history, politics and international relations.

J.A.S. Grenville is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Birmingham and his books include A History of the World in the Twentieth Century (Harvard U. P., 1994). Bernard Wasserstein is Professor of History at the University of Glasgow and his publications include Vanishing Diaspora (Harvard U. P., 1996).

Edited by J.A.S. Grenville and Bernard Wasserstein

Volume One

First published 2001

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Grenville, J. A. S. (John Ashley Soames), 1928

The major international treaties or the twentieth century / edited by John Grenville and Bernard Wasserstein.

p. cm.

Revision of 2 works issued in 1987: The major international treaties, 19141945 and The major international treaties since 1945.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. TreatiesCollections. I. Grenville, J. A. S. (John Ashley Soames), 1928II. Wasserstein, Bernard. III. Grenville, J. A. S. (John Ashley Soames), 1928Major international treaties, 19141945. IV. Grenville. J. A. S. (John Ashley Soames), 1928Major international treaties since 1945. V. Title.

KZ64 .G74 2000

341.026dc21

00032833

ISBN 13: 978-0-415-14125-3 (hbk)

Volume Two

Sources for treaty texts

Index

The purpose of this book is to provide a history of international treaty-making in the twentieth century together with the texts of the major treaties. The treaties in this volume are of two kinds: those that are of historical importance, for example, the NaziSoviet Pact of 1939, and those that continue in force today. The age of a treaty is by itself no indication whether it is only of historical significance or continues to play a role in contemporary international relationships. Treaties not so long ago regarded as of fundamental importance in eastwest relations, such as the various agreements concerning Berlin, have been made redundant by German reunification. Much of the post-1945 Soviet treaty system also became defunct in the 1990s. Not so the United States security treaties originating in the late 1940s and 1950s which retain their validity in Europe and Asia, though adapted to new conditions. Thus the treaties discussed in this volume form an essential basis both for the study of history and for analysis of current international relations. This is not meant to be a diplomatic history. The commentary sections have accordingly been limited to the minimum necessary to render the treaty texts and their context intelligible to the reader.