After the Great War

Economic Warfare and the Promise of Peace in Paris 1919

Professor Phillip Dehne (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2019
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-08704-0 (ISBN)

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At the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, the international community came together to find a way forward in the aftermath of the First World War. The conference is often judged a failure, as the resulting Treaty of Versailles did not bring long-term peace with Germany. By following the activities of British delegate and wartime Minister of Blockade Lord Robert Cecil, this book examines the struggles and successes of the conference, as delegates from around the world grappled with the economic, political and humanitarian catastrophes overwhelming Europe in 1919.

After the Great War describes, for the first time, the significant role of economic warfare at the Peace Conference and in the post-war settlement. Lord Cecil’s sometimes difficult partnership with US President Woodrow Wilson forged a new, permanent, international diplomatic organization – the League of Nations – and supplied it with the power to create collective blockades against aggressive states. Leaders of the Allied economic war before the Armistice became, in Paris, leaders of humanitarian-minded international outreach to their former enemies in Germany and Austria. After the Great War promotes a new understanding of these underappreciated internationalists in Paris, many of whom transitioned into leading the League of Nations even before the Peace Conference ended. Often derided as an idealistic fantasy, international peace enforced by economic sanctions appeared a realistic possibility when the Treaty was signed at the end of June 1919.

Phillip Dehne is Professor of History at St. Joseph's College, New York, USA. He is the author of On the Far Western Front: Britain's First World War in South America (2010).

List of Figures
Introduction
1. Bringing Baggage to Paris
2. Getting down to Business: January
3. Fashioning the Covenant: February 1-14
4. The Lingering Blockade of Germany: February 14 through March
5. ‘Impending Catastrophe’: April
6. Taking it to the Big Four: May
7. The Various Mentalities of Appeasement: June
8. Nurturing the Peace: July Onward
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.07.2019
Zusatzinfo	1 Maps
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	612 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
ISBN-10	1-350-08704-1 / 1350087041
ISBN-13	978-1-350-08704-0 / 9781350087040
Zustand	Neuware