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]

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]

References
  1. Drew, Bernard A. "R.L. Buell served as advisor to Wilkie". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  2. "Raymond Leslie Buell, Class of 1914 - Santa Paula Times". m.santapaulatimes.com. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  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. 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 (October 11, 2011). "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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