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The Versailles settlement : peacemaking after the First World War, 1919-1923 / Alan Sharp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharp, Alan.
- Series:
- Making of the 20th century (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- The making of the 20th century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920).
- Paris Peace Conference.
- World War, 1914-1918--Peace.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Peace.
- World War, 1914-1918--Reparations.
- Reparations for historical injustices.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 282 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Summary:
- Were the decisions of four men in Paris in 1919 responsible for contemporary problems in the Balkans and Middle East, or for Hitler coming to power and the Second World War? Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Orlando and Wilson failed to create a lasting peace, but we should seek to understand rather than to condemn them.
- Since the publication of the first edition in 1991, The Versailles Settlement has established itself as one of the most highly regarded and approachable studies on the subject. Now revised, updated and expanded, this second edition: incorporates the latest research and scholarship, includes more discussion of the League of Nations, reparations, Eastern Europe, Russia and the Near and Middle East, contains an enlarged Conclusion which reflects on the current evaluation of the settlement, features a helpful new Chronology to aid study. Ideal for anyone studying the aftermath of the First World War, this is an essential guide to a pivotal moment in modern world history.
- Contents:
- The Peacemakers xx
- 1 The Old World Falls Apart 1
- 2 The Paris Peace Conference 19
- 3 The League of Nations 42
- 4 Reparations 81
- 5 The German Settlement 109
- 6 The Eastern European Settlement 139
- 7 The Colonial, Near and Middle Eastern Settlements 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-266) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780333800768
- 0333800761
- 9780333800775
- 033380077X
- OCLC:
- 244629007
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