About
Edward Hallett Carr was a major British historian of the 20th century. After studying at Cambridge, he joined the Foreign Office in 1916 and participated in the Paris Peace Conference. He left diplomacy in 1936 to teach international relations at Aberystwyth. Assistant editor of The Times during World War II, he was known for his pro-Soviet stance. His book The Twenty Years' Crisis (1939) founded realism in international relations, while What Is History? (1961) revolutionized historiography by emphasizing the historian's subjectivity. His magnum opus remains the monumental fourteen-volume History of Soviet Russia.
* 1892-06-28 — † 1982-11-03
Major works
- The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919–1939 (1939)essay
- What Is History? (1961)essay
- A History of Soviet Russia (1950)historical study
- Michael Bakunin (1937)biography
- The Romantic Exiles (1933)biography
Key milestones
- 1916Joined the British Foreign Office.
- 1936Became Wilson Professor of International Politics at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
- 1955Elected Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Themes
Realism in international relationsHistoriography and subjectivityHistory of Soviet RussiaPower politicsRole of the historian
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