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The Consequences of the Peace: The Versailles Settlement: Aftermath and Legacy 1919-2015
Contributor(s): Sharp, Alan (Author)
ISBN: 1908323922     ISBN-13: 9781908323927
Publisher: Haus Pub.
OUR PRICE:   $49.45  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern - 21st Century
- History | Military - World War I
- History | Military - World War Ii
Dewey: 940.531
Series: Makers of the Modern World
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (1.00 lbs) 275 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 1940's
 
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Publisher Description:
The Versailles Settlement, at the time of its creation a vital part of the Paris Peace Conference, suffers today from a poor reputation: despite its lofty aim to settle the world's affairs at a stroke, it is widely considered to have paved the way for a second major global conflict within a generation. Woodrow Wilson's controversial principle of self-determination amplified political complexities in the Balkans, and the war and its settlement bear significant responsibility for boundaries and related conflicts in today's Middle East. After almost a century, the settlement still casts a long shadow.

This revised and updated edition of The Consequences of the Peace sets the ramifications of the Paris Peace treaties--for good or ill--within a long-term context. Alan Sharp presents new materials in order to argue that the responsibility for Europe's continuing interwar instability cannot be wholly attributed to the peacemakers of 1919-23. Marking the centenary of World War I and the approaching centenary of the Peace Conference itself, this book is a clear and concise guide to the global legacy of the Versailles Settlement.

Contributor Bio(s): Sharp, Alan: - Alan Sharp is provost of the Coleraine campus at the University of Ulster and an internationally recognized expert on the Treaty of Versailles.