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A helpful GCSE and A Level Guide to one of 20th Century History's most pivotal events. This guide discusses in a clear and concise manner the objectives of the British, French and Germans at the Treaty of Versailles. A follow up volume: America, Japan and the Arabs at Versailles will be published soon.

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World War I

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	07 décembre 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781849899413
Langue	English

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BRITAIN, FRANCE AND GERMANY
AND THE
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
HOW THE ALLIES BUILT A FLAWED PEACE

By
Nick Shepley

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Britain, France And Germany
and the
Treaty Of Versailles
Published in 2011 by
Andrews UK Limited

www.andrewsuk.com

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Copyright © Nick Shepley

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Introduction

John Maynard Keynes, the British economist and a member of the delegation at the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War One said in his book The Economic Consequences of the Peace, written in 1920 that: “The Treaty includes no provision for the economic rehabilitation of Europe - nothing to make the defeated Central Powers into good neighbours, nothing to stabilise the new States of Europe, nothing to reclaim Russia; nor does it promote in any way a compact of economic solidarity amongst the Allies themselves; no arrangement was reached at Paris for restoring the disordered finances of France and Italy, or to adjust the systems of the Old World and the New.
It is an extraordinary fact that the fundamental economic problem of a Europe starving and disintegrating before their eyes, was the one question in which it was impossible to arouse the interest of the Four. Reparation was their main excursion into the economic field, and they settled it from every point of view except that of the economic future of the States whose destiny they were handling.”
It was deeply troubling to Keynes that the victorious powers in 1918 seemed to be creating a world that was riven with instability. However some onlookers were amazed that with the size of the problems that existed, that any peace was made at all.

What Did The World Look Like In 1918?

Four long years of a quite unexpected and extraordinarily savage war, one that had not just affected Europe but large parts of the Middle East, Africa and even Asia, had left the great civilisation of Europe devastated.
Large parts of France and Belgium had been fought over constantly for most of the past four years, houses, factories, schools, railways, farms and whole towns had been destroyed, with catastrophic loss of life. The countries that had not actually been invaded had suffered none the less. The German, Austrian, Russian and Ottoman (Turkish) Empires had all collapsed, and the debts accumulated by the British and French Empires made their long term existence extremely unlikely.