Raymond Leslie Buell

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]

He authored the influential 1925 textbook International Relations.[7][8][9] He authored The Native Question in Africa, which was a comparative study of colonial rule.[10][11] Buell argues in the book for retaining native tribal institutions in Africa.[12] He opposed U.S. isolationism in the years leading up to World War II.[13][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][14]

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 the University of Grenoble.[2] He has a masters and a PhD from Princeton University.[2]

He served in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I.[1]

References
  1. Drew, Bernard A. "R.L. Buell served as advisor to Wilkie". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  2. "Raymond Leslie Buell, Class of 1914 - Santa Paula Times". m.santapaulatimes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  3. 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. doi:10.1093/dh/dhac015. ISSN 0145-2096.
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  6. "Books: Fundamentalist v. Modernist". Time. 1940-05-20. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  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.
  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. 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.
  11. Buell, Raymond Leslie (2011-10-11). "Two Lessons in Colonial Rule". Foreign Affairs. - New York. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  12. 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.
  13. Horton, Ben (2022). "100 years of UK foreign policy" (PDF). International Affairs. doi:10.1093/ia/iiac035 (inactive 2022-04-15).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2022 (link)
  14. "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. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
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