Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 113 mm x 174 mm, Gewicht: 117 g
Reihe: Very Short Introductions
Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 113 mm x 174 mm, Gewicht: 117 g
Reihe: Very Short Introductions
ISBN: 978-0-19-064498-7
Verlag: Sydney University Press
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 Clémenceau 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.