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The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise History
Michael S. Neiberg
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Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; HBG; HBLW; HBLX; LBBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Signed on 28 June 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad and destined to fall short of ensuring lasting peace. At the time, observers read the treaty through competing lenses: a desire for peace after five years of disastrous war, demands for vengeance against Germany, the uncertain future of colonialism, and, most alarmingly, the emerging threat of Bolshevism. A century after its signing, we can look ... Read more
Signed on 28 June 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad and destined to fall short of ensuring lasting peace. At the time, observers read the treaty through competing lenses: a desire for peace after five years of disastrous war, demands for vengeance against Germany, the uncertain future of colonialism, and, most alarmingly, the emerging threat of Bolshevism. A century after its signing, we can look ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190659189
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V9780190659189
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About Michael S. Neiberg
Michael S. Neiberg is the inaugural Chair of War Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books on the First and Second World Wars, including The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America, The Blood of Free Men: The ... Read more
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Neiberg steers us illuminatingly through this flawed agreement that would eventually lead to a second world war.
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