Central and Eastern Europe played an important role in British interwar international thought. This article contrasts the visions of the region found in three key texts written by British scholars in the interwar period. Two of these, Halford Mackinder’s 1919 Democratic Ideals and Reality and E. H. Carr’s 1939 Twenty Years’ Crisis, share a common approach based on an abstract understanding of the nature of international order, even while they disagree on their prescriptions for Central and Eastern Europe. Starting from abstract principles, they then apply their findings to Central and Eastern Europe. By contrast, in her 1938 Czechs and Germans Elizabeth Wiskemann works in the other direction. Through a detailed analysis of the politics of the Bohemian historic provinces she comes to conclusions that can be applied to ideas of world order. Wiskemann’s detailed analysis and Mackinder’s and Carr’s more abstract proscriptions provided different viewpoints on the international relations of interwar Central Europe, although ultimately all three visions were overtaken by events.

中欧和东欧在英国两次世界大战之间的国际思想中发挥了重要作用。本文对比了两次世界大战期间英国学者撰写的三篇关键文本中发现的该地区的愿景。其中两个，哈尔福德·麦金德 1919 年的民主理想与现实和 EH 卡尔的 1939 年二十年危机，在对国际秩序本质的抽象理解的基础上有着共同的方法，即使他们对中欧和东欧的处方存在分歧。他们从抽象原则开始，然后将他们的发现应用于中欧和东欧。相比之下，在她 1938 年的捷克人和德国人中Elizabeth Wiskemann 在另一个方向工作。通过对波西米亚历史省份政治的详细分析，她得出了可以应用于世界秩序思想的结论。Wiskemann 的详细分析以及 Mackinder 和 Carr 更抽象的禁令为两次世界大战期间中欧的国际关系提供了不同的观点，尽管最终这三种观点都被事件所取代。