2nd Edition

Versailles and After, 1919-1933

By Ruth Henig Copyright 1995
    100 Pages
    by Routledge

    100 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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;

    Biography

    Ruth Henig (Lancaster University, UK)

    '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