France's Rhineland diplomacy, 1914-1924 : the last bid for a balance of power in Europe / Walter A. McDougall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDougall, Walter A., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Außenpolitik.

Buitenlandse politiek.

Diplomatic relations.

Politics and government.

France--Foreign relations--Germany.

France.

Germany--Foreign relations--France.

Germany.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Walter McDougall offers an original analysis of Versailles diplomacy from the standpoint of the power that had the most direct interest and took the first initiatives in the search for a solution to the German problem. The author's new view of the struggle for execution or revision of the Versailles treaty holds sober implications for assessment of the political origins of international anarchy during the 1930s and European integration in the 1950s. He shows that the Treaty of Versailles was unenforceable, and that the French postwar government, far from enjoying predominance in Europe, suffered from financial crisis and economic and political inferiority to Germany. Versailles was thus the "Boche" peace, and the only path to a stable Europe seemed to lie through permanent restriction of German economic and political unity.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

1. BEYOND ALSACE-LORRAINE: FRENCH WAR AIMS ON THE EASTERN FRONTIER, 1914-1918

2. RHENISH SEPARATISM AND PARIS PEACEMAKING, 1919

3. RHENISH VERSUS GERMAN POLICY: THE BIRTH OF FRENCH REVISIONISM, 1920

4. SANCTIONS, FULFILLMENT, AND THE EROSION OF THE ENTENTE, 1921

5. POINCARE AND DIPLOMATIC DEADLOCK, 1922

6. FRANCE AT THE RUBICON: THE RUHR DECISION, 1922

7. ECONOMIC WAR ON THE RHINE AND RUHR: THE STRUGGLE OF POSTWAR REVISIONISMS, 1923

8. CONFLAGRATION: RHENISH SEPARATISM, 1923-1924

9. CONCLUSION: THE DEFEAT OF FRENCH REVISIONISM

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 20, 2015).

ISBN:

9780691607191

0691607192

9780691635804

0691635803

9781400870219

1400870216

OCLC:

905862858