Versailles Settlement - Sharp, Alan
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The statesmen who assembled in Paris in January 1919 had not only to discover remedies for the disorders which had caused the war in 1914, but also to deal with the effects of four years of warfare on a massive scale. Thrones, empires and dynasties had fallen, millions had died, millions more were dying of starvation and disease, and the threat of revolution and Russian Bolshevism seemed very real. Despite the armistice of 11 November 1918, fighting continued in Eastern Europe. The Great War had now split into many little wars between the would-be inheritors of the now defunct empires, and…mehr

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The statesmen who assembled in Paris in January 1919 had not only to discover remedies for the disorders which had caused the war in 1914, but also to deal with the effects of four years of warfare on a massive scale. Thrones, empires and dynasties had fallen, millions had died, millions more were dying of starvation and disease, and the threat of revolution and Russian Bolshevism seemed very real. Despite the armistice of 11 November 1918, fighting continued in Eastern Europe. The Great War had now split into many little wars between the would-be inheritors of the now defunct empires, and between the various factions and interventionist forces in Russia.

The considerable volume of recent American and European scholarship has been consulted to product this manageable and readable investigation of the attempt to restore peace and order at the end of the First World War. It concentrates on the central theme of the German and European settlement, whilst considering the mechanics of peacemaking and the impact of clashing personalities and programmes. It discusses the wider responsibilities of the Conference in the Middle Eastern colonial settlements, and President Wilson's attempt to change the whole basis of world diplomacy with the formation of the League of Nations.

Table of contents:
List of Maps
Foreword
The Peacemakers

PART 1:THE OLD WORLD FALLS APART

PART 2: THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

PART 3: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

PART 4: REPARATIONS

PART 5: THE GERMAN STEELEMENT

PART 6: THE EASTERN EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT

PART 7: THE COLONIAL, NEAR AND MIDDLE EASTERN SETTLEMENTS
Conclusions
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliographical Note
Bibliography
Index
Autorenporträt
ALAN SHARP joined the History Department at the University of Ulster in 1971. He has published articles on international relations in the post -1918 period and combines his academic interest with others in bridge and student sport. He is Chairman of the British Universities Sports Federation and has twice been Chef de Mission of the British team at the World Student Games.