Beyond the balance of power : France and the politics of national security in the era of the First World War / Peter Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Peter, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--France--History--20th century.

National security.

World War, 1914-1918--France.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Influence.

France--Military policy.

France.

France--Foreign relations--1914-1940.

France--Politics and government--1914-1940.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 559 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a major new study of French foreign and security policy before, during and after the First World War. Peter Jackson examines the interplay between two contending conceptions of security: the first based on traditional practices of power politics and the second on internationalist doctrines that emerged in the late nineteenth century. He pays particular attention to the social and political context in which security policy was made and to the cultural dynamics of the policy-making process. The result is a comprehensive reassessment of France's security policy in the era of the Great War. The book reconsiders the evolution of French war aims and reinterprets the peace policy of the Clemenceau government in 1919. It also provides a new perspective on the foreign policy of successive French governments in the early 1920s. It shows that internationalist ideas were far more influential over this entire period than is commonly understood.

Contents:

The sources of French security policy. The social dynamics of security policy making ; Two approaches to security

War and the politics of national security, 1914-1918. The primacy of the balance of power, 1914-1916 ; The coming of a new world order, 1917 ; National deliverance and post-war planning

Peace and security, 1918-1919. The political contexts of peacemaking, 1918-1919 ; Towards a post-war security order : the eastern settlement, economic security and the League of Nations ; The Rhineland settlement and the security of France

Imposing security. Post-war dilemmas : enforcement or engagement? ; Briand and the emergence of a multilateral alternative, 1921 ; The politics of confrontation

The Cartel des gauches and the 'internationalisation of security'. A new approach : arbitration, security, disarmament ; Locarno.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-89469-2

1-107-77961-8

1-107-77880-8

1-107-78497-2

1-107-78451-4

1-107-78131-0

1-107-78007-1

1-139-62684-1

OCLC:

869640515