Raymond James Sontag
Raymond James Sontag (1897–1972) was an American historian of European diplomacy of the 19th and 20th centuries.[1]
Life
He was born on October 2, 1897. He received his B.S. and M.A. degrees from the
He died on October 27, 1972.[2]
Career
He was the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History and then chairman of the history department at
In A Broken World 1919-1939 (1972) Sontag moves far beyond diplomacy/Versailles/Hitler themes and instead looks at Europe in terms of technology—with caused social tensions—and nationalism, which caused conflict between ethnic groups. In the east authoritarian rulers relied on a violent intense nationalism to gain and maintain power, suppress minorities, and stop reform. Everywhere the non-Communist left found it hard to reconcile nationalism and social progress. There was increasing discontinuity as the escalating crises baffled statesmen.[4]
Bibliography
- European Diplomatic History 1871-1932 (1933) online free
- "Appeasement, 1937" Catholic Historical Review 38#4 (1953), pp. 385–396 online
- "The Last Months of Peace, 1939" Foreign Affairs 35#3 (1957), pp. 507–524 pnline
- "The Origins of the Second World War" Review of Politics 25#4 (1963), pp. 497–508 online
- A Broken World 1919-1939 (1972) online free to borrow
- Germany and England: Background of Conflict, 1848-1894 (1972) online free to borrow
- Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941: Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign Office
References
- ^ "Raymond Sontag, Historian, Dead". October 29, 1972 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ a b c "University of California: In Memoriam, July 1975". California Digital Library. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ Raymond J. Sontag, "Between the Wars." Pacific Historical Review 29.1 (1960): 1-17 online.
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