The Lights That Failed - Zara Steiner

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Auteur(s) : Zara Steiner

Editeur : Oxford University Press

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/09/2007

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 956

Expédition : 1168

ISBN : 0199226865

The peace treaties represented an almost impossible attempt to solve the problems caused by a murderous world war. In The Lights that Failed: European International History 1919-1933, part of the Oxford History of Modern Europe series, Steiner challenges the common assumption that the Treaty of Vers

Résumé :

• Part I: The Reconstruction of Europe, 1918-1929


• 1: The Hall of Mirrors: Peacemaking in the West


• 2: Distant Frontiers: Peacemaking in the East


• 3: Revolution from the Left: The Soviet Union and the Post-War Settlement


• 4: The Primacy of Economics: Reconstruction in Western Europe, 1919-1924


• 5: The Primacy of Nationalism: Reconstruction in Eastern and Central Europe


• 6: Revolution from the Right: Italy, 1919-25


• 7: The Geneva Dream: The League of Nations and Post-War Internationalism


• 8: New Dawn? Stabilisation in Western Europe after Locarno


• 9: Faltering Reconstruction: Cracks in the Locarno Fa?ade


• 10: Troubled Waters: Uncertainties in Italy, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union


• 11: Faltering Internationalism: Disarmament and Security after Locarno


• Conclusion: Europe Reconstructed?


• Part II: The Hinge Years, 1930-1933


• 12: The Diplomacy of the Depression: Economics and Foreign Policy


• 13: Beyond Europe: The Manchurian Crisis


• 14: The Poisoned Chalice: The Pursuit of Disarmament


• Conclusion: The Hinge Years


• Appendices


• Select Bibliography

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Biographie:

• Part I: The Reconstruction of Europe, 1918-1929


• 1: The Hall of Mirrors: Peacemaking in the West


• 2: Distant Frontiers: Peacemaking in the East


• 3: Revolution from the Left: The Soviet Union and the Post-War Settlement


• 4: The Primacy of Economics: Reconstruction in Western Europe, 1919-1924


• 5: The Primacy of Nationalism: Reconstruction in Eastern and Central Europe


• 6: Revolution from the Right: Italy, 1919-25


• 7: The Geneva Dream: The League of Nations and Post-War Internationalism


• 8: New Dawn? Stabilisation in Western Europe after Locarno


• 9: Faltering Reconstruction: Cracks in the Locarno Fa??ade


• 10: Troubled Waters: Uncertainties in Italy, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union


• 11: Faltering Internationalism: Disarmament and Security after Locarno


• Conclusion: Europe Reconstructed?


• Part II: The Hinge Years, 1930-1933


• 12: The Diplomacy of the Depression: Economics and Foreign Policy


• 13: Beyond Europe: The Manchurian Crisis


• 14: The Poisoned Chalice: The Pursuit of Disarmament


• Conclusion: The Hinge Years


• Appendices


• Select Bibliography

Sommaire:

• Part I: The Reconstruction of Europe, 1918-1929


• 1: The Hall of Mirrors: Peacemaking in the West


• 2: Distant Frontiers: Peacemaking in the East


• 3: Revolution from the Left: The Soviet Union and the Post-War Settlement


• 4: The Primacy of Economics: Reconstruction in Western Europe, 1919-1924


• 5: The Primacy of Nationalism: Reconstruction in Eastern and Central Europe


• 6: Revolution from the Right: Italy, 1919-25


• 7: The Geneva Dream: The League of Nations and Post-War Internationalism


• 8: New Dawn? Stabilisation in Western Europe after Locarno


• 9: Faltering Reconstruction: Cracks in the Locarno Fa?ade


• 10: Troubled Waters: Uncertainties in Italy, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union


• 11: Faltering Internationalism: Disarmament and Security after Locarno


• Conclusion: Europe Reconstructed?


• Part II: The Hinge Years, 1930-1933


• 12: The Diplomacy of the Depression: Economics and Foreign Policy


• 13: Beyond Europe: The Manchurian Crisis


• 14: The Poisoned Chalice: The Pursuit of Disarmament


• Conclusion: The Hinge Years


• Appendices


• Select Bibliography