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The Paris Peace Conference, 1919

Peace without Victory?

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  • © 2001

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  1. Michael Dockrill

    1. King’s College, London, UK

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  2. John Fisher

    1. Public Record Office, Kew, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in Military and Strategic History (SMSH)

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The essays in this volume, written by leading historians and a former British foreign secretary, survey the strategy, politics and personalities of British peacemaking in 1919. Many of the intractable problems faced by negotiators are studied in this volume. Neglected issues, including nascent British commercial interests in Central Europe and attitudes towards Russia are covered, along with important reassessments of the viability of the Versailles treaty, reparations, appeasement, and the long-term effects of the settlement. This collection is a compelling and resonant addition to revisionist studies of the 'Peace to End Peace' and essential reading for those interested in international history.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael Dockrill, John Fisher
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Rise and Fall of Morality in Peace Making

    • Lord Hurd
    Pages 7-12

  4. The Treaty of Versailles Revisited

    • Zara Steiner
    Pages 13-33

  5. Holding up the Flag of Britain … with Sustained Vigour and Brilliance or ‘Sowing the seeds of European Disaster’? Lloyd George and Balfour at the Paris Peace Conference

    • Alan Sharp
    Pages 35-50

  6. ‘Appeasement’ at the Paris Peace Conference

    • Antony Lentin
    Pages 51-66

  7. ‘That elusive entity British policy in Russia’: the Impact of Russia on British Policy at the Paris Peace Conference

    • Keith Neilson
    Pages 67-101

  8. The Treaty of Versailles, ‘Never Again’ and Appeasement

    • Keith Robbins
    Pages 103-114

  9. Missions impossible: General Smuts, Sir George Clerk and British Diplomacy in Central Europe in 1919

    • Miklos Lojko
    Pages 115-139

  10. The Eastern Question: the Last Phase

    • Erik Goldstein
    Pages 141-155

  11. New Diplomacy and Old: a Reassessment of British Conceptions of a League of Nations, 1918–20

    • Ruth Henig
    Pages 157-174

  12. Before Gooch and Temperley: the Contributions of Austen Chamberlain and J.W. Headlam-Morley towards ‘instructing the mass of the public’, 1912–26

    • Keith Wilson
    Pages 175-189

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 191-197
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Reviews

'...the book is exceptionally good...a fine contribution to scholarship...one that deserves to be read widely.' - G.H. Bennett, International History Review

Authors and Affiliations

  • King’s College, London, UK

    Michael Dockrill

  • Public Record Office, Kew, UK

    John Fisher

About the authors

ERIC GOLDSTEIN Professor of International Relations, Boston University RUTH HENIG Senior Lecturer, Lancaster University THE RT HON LORD HURD OF WESTWALL Retired Foreign Secretary, (1989-1995) ANTONY LENTIN Professor, Department of History, Open University MIKLOS LOJKO Assistant Lecturer of Twentieth Century British History, University of Budapest KEITH NEILSON Professor of History, Royal Military College of Canada KEITH ROBBINS Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales, Lampeter ALAN SHARP Head of the School of History, Philosophy and Politics, New University of Ulster, Coleraine ZARA STEINER Emeritus Fellow, New Hall, Cambridge KEITH WILSON Reader, International History, University of Leeds

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