Screen LibraryVersailles 1919 : a centennial perspective /
The Versailles Settlement, at the time of its creation a vital part of the Paris Peace Conference, suffers today from a poor reputation: despite its lofty aim to settle the world{u2019}s affairs at a stroke, it is widely considered to have paved the way for a second major global conflict within a ge...
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Haus Publishing Ltd,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The Versailles Settlement, at the time of its creation a vital part of the Paris Peace Conference, suffers today from a poor reputation: despite its lofty aim to settle the world{u2019}s affairs at a stroke, it is widely considered to have paved the way for a second major global conflict within a generation. Woodrow Wilson{u2019}s controversial principle of self-determination amplified political complexities in the Balkans, and the war and its settlement bear significant responsibility for boundaries and related conflicts in today{u2019}s Middle East. After almost a century, the settlement s Fully revised and updated for the centennial of the Conference, Versailles 1919 sets the ramifications of the Paris Peace treaties{u2014}for good or ill{u2014}within a long-term context. Alan Sharp mounts a powerful argument that the responsibility for Europe{u2019}s continuing interwar instability cannot be wholly attributed to the peacemakers of 1919{u2013}23. Concise and convincing, Versailles 1919 is a clear guide to the global legacy of the Versailles Settlement. |
| Item Description: | Previous editions published in 2010 and 2015. |
| Carrier Form: | 197 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781912208098 1912208091 |
| Index Number: | D645 |
| CLC: |
K143 D819 |
| Call Number: | D819/S531 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- The Peace Settlements: Versailles,An Overview -- The German Problem -- The League of Nations and the United Nations -- National Self-Determination: Wilson's Troublesome Principle -- Minority Protection, Disarmament and International Law -- Ideology and the American Century -- Conclusion |