Raymond Leslie Buell (1896–1946) was an American social scientist.[1][2] He was an instructor at Harvard University until 1927 when he became research director at the Foreign Policy Association.[3][4] He later became president of the Foreign Policy Association.[5][6] He influenced the work of Ralph Bunche.[3]

Early life and education

Buell was born in Chicago. His father was a minister at the Presbyterian Church.[2] He studied at Occidental College.[2] He wrote his 1920 book Contemporary French Politics while a student at the University of Grenoble.[2] He earned a masters and a PhD from Princeton University.[2] He served in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I.[1]

Career

He authored the influential 1925 textbook International Relations.[7][8][9][10] In the book, he flags nationalism as a powerful driver of international conflict, as it prompts conflict within empires and stokes tensions between states about borders.[11] He argues that imperialism, which he described as "evil", provokes conflict between imperial powers and between empires and the groups that the empires tries to conquer and subjugate.[12] He challenged notions that pure races existed and that one race was superior to other races, as well as argued that modern nations were composed of multiple races.[13] He criticized economic nationalism and argued for free trade treaties.[14] He opposed the U.S. policy of excluding Asians from immigration and citizenship.[15]

He authored The Native Question in Africa, which was a comparative study of colonial rule.[16][17] Buell argues in the book for retaining native tribal institutions in Africa.[18] He opposed U.S. isolationism in the years leading up to World War II.[19][1] He authored the book Isolated America in 1940.[1]

Buell ran for Congress in 1942, losing to Allen T. Treadway in an election for Massachusetts's first congressional district.[1][20]

Works (partial list)

  • Contemporary French Politics (1920)
  • "Political and Social Reconstruction in France" American Political Science Review, Feb. 1921
  • The Washington Conference (1922)
  • "Again the Yellow Peril" Foreign Affairs, Dec. 15, 1923
  • Europe: A History of Ten Years (1928)
  • The Native Problem in Africa (1928)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Drew, Bernard A. "R.L. Buell served as advisor to Wilkie". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Raymond Leslie Buell, Class of 1914 - Santa Paula Times". m.santapaulatimes.com. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Pedersen, Susan (2015). The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire. Oxford University Press. pp. 321–324. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199570485.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-957048-5.
  4. ↑ Rietzler, Katharina (2022). "U.S. Foreign Policy Think Tanks and Women's Intellectual Labor, 1920–1950". Diplomatic History. 46 (3): 575–601. doi:10.1093/dh/dhac015. ISSN 0145-2096.
  5. ↑ "Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Books: Fundamentalist v. Modernist". Time. May 20, 1940. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  7. ↑ Acharya, Amitav; Buzan, Barry (2019). The Making of Global International Relations. Cambridge University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-108-48017-8.
  8. ↑ Fenwick, C. G. (February 1926). "International Relations. By Raymond Leslie Buell. (New York: Henry Holt and Co.1925. Pp. xiii, 768.)". American Political Science Review. 20 (1): 206–208. doi:10.2307/1945127. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1945127. S2CID 146749007.
  9. ↑ Stuart, Graham H. (1927). "International Relations. By Raymond Leslie Buell. New York: Henry Holt, 1925. Pp. xv, 768. Index. $4.00". American Journal of International Law. 21 (2): 382–383. doi:10.2307/2189145. ISSN 0002-9300. JSTOR 2189145.
  10. ↑ Swain, J. W. (1930). "International Relations. Raymond Leslie Buell". The Journal of Modern History. 2 (3): 504–505. doi:10.1086/235637. ISSN 0022-2801.
  11. ↑ Buell, Raymond Leslie (1929). International Relations. H. Holt. pp. 28–32.
  12. ↑ Buell, Raymond Leslie (1929). International Relations. H. Holt. pp. 289–292, 305–307.
  13. ↑ Buell, Raymond Leslie (1929). International Relations. H. Holt. pp. 75–77.
  14. ↑ Buell, Raymond Leslie (1929). International Relations. H. Holt. pp. 95–147.
  15. ↑ Buell, Raymond (1923). "Against the Yellow Peril". Foreign Affairs. 2 (2): 295–309. doi:10.2307/20028293. JSTOR 20028293.
  16. ↑ Pedersen, Susan (2015). The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199570485.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-957048-5.
  17. ↑ Buell, Raymond Leslie (1929). "Two Lessons in Colonial Rule". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  18. ↑ Wright, Quincy (1929). "Review of The Native Problem in Africa". Political Science Quarterly. 44 (2): 276–279. doi:10.2307/2142999. ISSN 0032-3195. JSTOR 2142999.
  19. ↑ Horton, Ben (2022). "100 years of UK foreign policy" (PDF). International Affairs. doi:10.1093/ia/iiac035 (inactive August 1, 2023).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2023 (link)
  20. ↑ "On green New England lawns like this one in North Orange, Mass., Candidate Raymond Leslie Buell is conducting his campaign for Congress. He avoids political name-calling, asks his ..." International Center of Photography. February 25, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
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