Ruth Henig

Versailles and After, 1919-1933

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Lancaster Pamphlets
• Verlag: GB Gardners Books / Routledge
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU13762
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Altersempfehlung: 17 bis 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 141mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 133g
• ISBN-13: 9780415127103
• ISBN-10: 0415127106
• Artikelnr.: 21223626

Autorenporträt

Ruth Henig (Lancaster University, UK)

Inhaltsangabe

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;

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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

Rezensionen

'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