Could the Versailles System have Worked?

This book explores the significance of the post-First World War peace settlement negotiated at Versailles in 1919. Versailles has always been a controversial subject and it has long been contended that the Treaty imposed unnecessarily severe conditions upon the defeated nations, particularly Germany...

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Main Author: Elcock, Howard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Europe-History-1492-.
World politics.
World War, 1939-1945.
History, Modern.
Peace.
ISBN:9783319947341
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: the Carthaginian Peace or what?
  • Chapter 2. The Conference and the Treaty
  • Chapter 3. "Double, double, toil and trouble": Years of frustration
  • Chapter 4. More frustrations, more troubles
  • Chapter 5. The dawn breaks: progress towards peace
  • Chapter 6. Peace and prosperity on Europe - for the time being
  • Chapter 7. Things fall apart: the Great Crash and the onset of disaster
  • Chapter 8. Götterdämmerung: Hitler and the end of the Versailles System
  • Table of references
  • Index.

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