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Britain and the Ruhr crisis / Elspeth Y. O'Riordan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Riordan, Elspeth Y., 1972-
- Series:
- Studies in military and strategic history (New York, N.Y.)
- Studies in military and strategic history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Germany.
- Great Britain.
- International relations.
- Germany.
- Germany--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Ruhr (Germany : Region)--History.
- Ruhr (Germany : Region).
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--1910-1936.
- World War, 1914-1918--Reparations.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Reparations for historical injustices.
- Ruhr (Germany : Region)--History--French occupation, 1923-1925.
- Germany--History--Allied occupation, 1918-1930.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 237 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Hampshire, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, in association with King's College London, 2001.
- Summary:
- This book provides a comprehensive examination of British policy during the Ruhr occupation crisis of 1922-4. It explores Britain's attitude to reparations and to broader questions of post-war European reconstruction and stability, revealing the dilemmas caused by Britain's underlying strategic and economic weakness after the First World War. It highlights the difficulties Britain encountered when dealing with her European neighbors and provides a valuable insight into the complexity of British foreign policy during this brief but crucial period.
- Contents:
- Reparations 6
- Germany 7
- France 9
- Belgium 9
- The United States 10
- The diplomatic background to the Ruhr crisis 11
- 1 The Bonar Law Cabinet and the Origins of the Ruhr Crisis 13
- Setting the stage: the domestic-political scene 14
- The London Conference, 9-10 December 1922 22
- From London to Paris 25
- The Paris Conference, 2-4 January 1923 30
- 2 Benevolent Neutrality, January-April 1923 37
- Pressures from practicalities 38
- Towards intervention: the revision of the British approach 47
- 3 Tentative Intervention, April-July 1923 67
- The German note of 2 May 1923 70
- The German note of 7 June 1923 71
- Domestic-political pressures 73
- Administrative pressures 75
- 4 British Policy in Confusion, August-September 1923 81
- The 11 August note 82
- Curzon's motives 85
- Opposition from the Cabinet 87
- Reactions to the 11 August note and the shift of British policy 89
- 5 Britain and the German Collapse, September-December 1923 101
- The crisis of Weimar 101
- British perceptions of French strategy 106
- The MICUM agreements 109
- The separatists 111
- The bank of issue 117
- The British zone of occupation 120
- 6 Establishing the Committees of Experts, September-December 1923 125
- Britain's position upon the cessation of passive resistance 126
- The role of the United States 127
- Domestic-political problems 129
- Britain's diplomatic efforts to secure French support for US involvement, 19 October-8 November 1923 130
- Bradbury's role and developments within the Reparation Commission, 8 November-26 December 1923 136
- 7 Resolution, January-August 1924 145
- The European context 148
- The situation on the spot 150
- High policy 153
- The London Conference 165.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333764838
- OCLC:
- 44426845
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