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The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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Signed on June 28, 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 back at how
those developments evolved through the twentieth century,
evaluating the treaty and its consequences with unprecedented depth
of perspective. The author of several award-winning books, Michael
S. Neiberg provides a lucid and authoritative account of the Treaty
of Versailles, explaining the enormous challenges facing those who
tried to put the world back together after the global destruction
of the World War I. Rather than assessing winners and losers, this
compelling book analyzes the many subtle factors that influenced
the treaty and the dominant, at times ambiguous role of the "Big
Four" leaders: Woodrow Wilson of the United States, David Lloyd
George of Great Britain, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, and
Georges Clemenceau of France. The Treaty of Versailles was not
solely responsible for the catastrophic war that crippled Europe
and the world just two decades later, but it played a critical
role. As Neiberg reminds us, to understand decolonization, World
War II, the Cold War, and even the complex world we inhabit today,
there is no better place to begin than with World War I and the
treaty that tried, and perhaps failed, to end it.
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