Versailles and After, 1919-1933

by Ruth Henig

Overview

Ruth Henig's fully revised and extended second edition of Versailles and After includes a new chapter on recent historiography of the subject and provides students with concise coverage of the following topics:

* the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
* the inadeqacies of the League of Nations as a supranational peacekeeping body
* why hopes of long term stability gradually faded.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415127103
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/06/1995
Series:	Lancaster Pamphlets
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	100
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	17 - 18 Years

About the Author

Ruth Henig (Lancaster University, UK)

Table of Contents

Versailles and after 1919-1933; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chronology of events; Western and Central Europe in 1919; Versailles and After 1919-1933; Introduction; Shaping the peace; Public opinion in the allied countries; Russia and Germany; The impact of the United States; Making the peace; Organization; The League of Nations; Mandates; Military and naval terms; Reparations; Frontiers in the Adriatic and Mediterranean region; The Far East; Keeping the peace; Eastern and South-Eastern Europe; Reparations and disarmament; Security; The League of Nations; Summary; Peacemaking: the historical debatePeacekeeping: the problems; Appendix One; The powers represented at Paris; Appendix Two; A summary of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points; Select Bibliography;

Editorial Reviews

'This is a very useful book.' - John Plowright, The Historical Association

'... offers a clear and concise explanation and analysis of a complex and controversial period in European History.' - History Teaching Review

Reviews of the first edition:

' ... this book should become compulsory reading ... ' - R. Sim, Education Dept, History Adviser, Aberdeen

'clear and concise ... drawing together the main ideas, backed up by new research, in a cohesive and articulate manner.' - History Teaching Review

'...this is a splendid series, well structured, well written and magnificently illustrated' Environment and Planning A 2000, Vol 32

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