The unfinished peace after World War I : America, Britain and the stabilisation of Europe, 1919-1932 / Patrick O. Cohrs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohrs, Patrick O.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--1919-1932.

World politics.

Physical Description:

xiv, 693 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

A revisionist account of the role of America and Britain in Europe from 1919-1932.

Contents:

Prologue: The truncated peace of Versailles and its consequences, 1919-1923 20

1 The wider challenges: The legacy of the Great War and the era of imperialism 25

2 Wilson, Lloyd George and the quest for a 'peace to end all wars' 30

3 The ill-founded peace of 1919 46

4 The escalation of Europe's post-Versailles crisis, 1920-1923 68

Part I The Anglo-American stabilisation of Europe, 1923-1924

5 Towards a Progressive transformation of European politics: The reorientation of American stabilisation policy, 1921-1923 79

6 Towards transatlantic co-operation and a new European order: The reorientation of British stabilisation policy, 1922-1924 90

7 The turning-point: The Anglo-American intervention in the Ruhr crisis 100

8 From antagonism to accommodation: The reorientation of French and German postwar policies, 1923-1924 116

9 The two paths to the London conference: The Dawes process and the recasting of European international politics 129

10 The first 'real' peace settlement after World War I: The London agreement of 1924 and the consequences of the 'economic peace' 154

Part II Europe's nascent Pax Anglo-Americana, 1924-1925

11 The dawning of a Progressive Pax Americana in Europe? 187

12 Towards the Locarno pact: Britain's quest for a new European concert, 1924-1925 201

13 Regression?: US policy and the 'political insurance' of Europe's 'economic peace' 220

14 Beyond irreconcilable differences?: New German and French approaches to European security 227

15 The path to Locarno - and its transatlantic dimension 237

16 The second 'real' peace settlement after World War I: The Locarno conference and the emergence of a new European concert 259

Part III The unfinished transatlantic peace order: the system of London and Locarno, 1926-1929

17 Sustaining stability, legitimating peaceful change: The challenges of the latter 1920s 287

18 Progressive visions and limited commitments: American stabilisation efforts in the era of London and Locarno 296

19 'Reciprocity'?: Britain as 'honest broker' in the Locarno system 325

20 The new European concert - and its limits 345

21 Thoiry - the failed quest for a 'final postwar agreement' 378

22 Towards peaceful change in eastern Europe?: The crux of transforming Polish-German relations 409

23 Achievements and constraints: The European security system of the latter 1920s 417

24 No 'new world order': The limits of the Kellogg-Briand pact 448

25 The initiation of the Young process: The final bid to fortify the system of London and Locarno 477

26 The last 'grand bargain' after World War I: The Hague settlement of 1929 and its aftermath 531

Epilogue: The disintegration of the unfinished transatlantic peace order, 1930-1932 - an inevitable demise? 572

Conclusion: The incipient transformation of international politics after World War I - learning processes and lessons 603

Map: Post-World War I Europe after the peace settlement of Versailles 621.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-650) and index.

ISBN:

0521853532

OCLC:

61757136

Publisher Number:

9780521853538