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Could the Versailles System have Worked?

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Authors:
  1. Howard Elcock

    1. Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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  • Explores the significance of the post-First World War peace settlement negotiated in Paris throughout 1919

  • Reassesses Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau, the principal actors in the making of the Treaty of Versailles

  • Suggests that the Versailles system created a more stable diplomatic framework

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: The Carthaginian Peace—Or What?

    • Howard Elcock
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Conference and the Treaty

    • Howard Elcock
    Pages 15-43

  4. “Double, Double, Toil and Trouble”: Years of Frustration in the Early 1920s

    • Howard Elcock
    Pages 45-61

  5. More Troubles

    • Howard Elcock
    Pages 63-83

  6. The Dawn Breaks: Progress Towards Peace

    • Howard Elcock
    Pages 85-109

  7. Peace and Prosperity Come to Europe—For the Time Being

    • Howard Elcock
    Pages 111-136

  8. Things Fall Apart: The Great Crash and the Onset of Disaster

    • Howard Elcock
    Pages 137-158

  9. Götterdämmerung: Hitler and the End of the Versailles System

    • Howard Elcock
    Pages 159-184

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 185-193
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This book explores the significance of the post-First World War peace settlement negotiated at Versailles in 1919. Versailles has always been a controversial subject and it has long been contended that the Treaty imposed unnecessarily severe conditions upon the defeated nations, particularly Germany, and in large part can be held responsible for the outbreak of war in 1939. This book considers the critical question as to whether the Treaty of Versailles established a new international settlement that could produce a peaceful and prosperous Europe, something that many have alleged was impossible. In an exhaustive analysis of the events that followed the Paris Peace Conference, Howard Elcock argues that the Versailles Treaty created a more stable diplomatic framework than has commonly been recognised, and challenges the traditional understanding that the delegates at Versailles can be held responsible for the failure to secure long-term peace in Europe.   

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  • Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Howard Elcock

About the author

Howard Elcock enjoyed a long and distinguished academic career. He taught at the University of Hull between 1966 and 1981 and then Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University) where he became Professor Emeritus in 1997. Howard Elcock was the author of many books and articles on a wide range of subjects including the Versailles Treaty, local government, political leadership, political behaviour and ethics in public service. 

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