Andrew Webster

Strange Allies

Britain, France and the Dilemmas of Disarmament and Security, 1929-1933

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Strange Allies examines three intersecting themes of fundamental importance to the international history of the period between the two world wars. This book is the first detailed study of the Anglo-French relationship during a critical period which saw a reshaping of the boundaries of global security.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9781138019348
• ISBN-10: 1138019348
• Artikelnr.: 57174911

Autorenporträt

Andrew Webster is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at Murdoch University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One The trials of victory: France, Britain and disarmament after
the Great War
Chapter Two Allies of yesterday: Britain in 1929
Chapter Three Security is the guardian of peace: France in 1929
Chapter Four An opening clash: Reparations and the Rhineland
Chapter Five Alternative paths: European union, international arbitration
and general disarmament at the League Assembly
Chapter Six The battle of London: The continuing pursuit of naval
disarmament
Chapter Seven The problems of 1930: The Rhineland, arbitration and European
union
Chapter Eight Enfin désarmement: The Preparatory Commission concludes
Chapter Nine Annus terribilis: 1931 as a year of crisis
Chapter Ten Missed opportunity: preparing for the World Disarmament
Conference
Chapter Eleven Collapsing centre: the World Disarmament Conference, 1932-33
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index