The Versailles Treaty and its legacy: the failure of the Wilsonian vision

This study, a realist interpretation of the long diplomatic record that produced the coming of World War II in 1939, is a critique of the Paris Peace Conference and reflects the judgment shared by many who left the Conference in 1919 in disgust amid predictions of future war. The critique is a rejec...

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Hauptverfasser: Graebner, Norman A. 1915-2010 (VerfasserIn), Bennett, Edward M. 1927-2013 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne ; Madrid ; Cape Town ; Singapore ; São Paulo ; Delhi ; Tokyo ; Mexico City Cambridge University Press 2011
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Zusammenfassung:This study, a realist interpretation of the long diplomatic record that produced the coming of World War II in 1939, is a critique of the Paris Peace Conference and reflects the judgment shared by many who left the Conference in 1919 in disgust amid predictions of future war. The critique is a rejection of the idea of collective security, which Woodrow Wilson and many others believed was a panacea, but which was also condemned as early as 1915. This book delivers a powerful lesson in treaty-making and rejects the supposition that treaties, once made, are unchangeable, whatever their faults
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 273 Seiten)
ISBN:9780511835162
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511835162

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