The Versailles Treaty and its Legacy
The Failure of the Wilsonian Vision
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, International Relations, History
| Author: | Norman A. Graebner, Edward M. Bennett | ISBN: | 9781139125017 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Publication: | September 26, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Norman A. Graebner, Edward M. Bennett |
| ISBN: | 9781139125017 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication: | September 26, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Language: | English |
This study, a realist interpretation of the long diplomatic record that produced the coming of World War II in 1939, is a critique of the Paris Peace Conference and reflects the judgment shared by many who left the Conference in 1919 in disgust amid predictions of future war. The critique is a rejection of the idea of collective security, which Woodrow Wilson and many others believed was a panacea, but which was also condemned as early as 1915. This book delivers a powerful lesson in treaty-making and rejects the supposition that treaties, once made, are unchangeable, whatever their faults.
This study, a realist interpretation of the long diplomatic record that produced the coming of World War II in 1939, is a critique of the Paris Peace Conference and reflects the judgment shared by many who left the Conference in 1919 in disgust amid predictions of future war. The critique is a rejection of the idea of collective security, which Woodrow Wilson and many others believed was a panacea, but which was also condemned as early as 1915. This book delivers a powerful lesson in treaty-making and rejects the supposition that treaties, once made, are unchangeable, whatever their faults.
