Review of Jane Mumby’s Dismantling the League of Nations | Madeleine Dungy

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Dismantling the League of Nations: The Quiet Death of an International Organization, 1945-8
by Jane Mumby

Bloomsbury Academic
2024. ix + 252 pp.
(e-book (pdf)), ISBN 978-1-350-37690-8;
(e-book), ISBN 978-1-350-37692-2

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Reviewed by Madeleine Dungy

Today, as multilateral organizations are coming under strain, it has become clear that we lack insight into the processes through which they might be streamlined, transformed, or dissolved altogether. Numerous histories trace the genesis of international organizations, but relatively few analyze their closure. Perhaps this reflects the strong sense of forward momentum that is built into international institutions (captured in the European Union