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A Refutation of the Versailles War Guilt Thesis ... Translated ... by Edwin H. Zeydel. Introduction by Henry Elmer Barnes. [With Plates.].
A Refutation of the Versailles War Guilt Thesis (Classic Reprint)
Author: Alfred von WegererPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331485295
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Excerpt from A Refutation of the Versailles War Guilt Thesis The fundamental thesis of my book, that the Versailles verdict concerning the responsibility for the war is false, that it partly relies on forged material and that a revision of this verdict is necessary in order to restore Germany's good name and to take the edge the discordances be tween the nations which have arisen out of the false ver dict on the outbreak of the World War, stands upright and unshaken in its full and undiminished extent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Refutation of the Versailles war guilt thesis
Author: Alfred Von WegererA Refutation of the Versailles War Guilt Thesis
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Category : Treaty of Versailles
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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A Refutation of the Versailles War Guilt Thesis ; Transl. by Edwin H. Zeydel. Introd. by Harry Elmer Barnes
Author: Alfred von WegererBulletin of the Deutsches Haus, Columbia University in the City of New York
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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Paris 1919
Author: Margaret MacMillanPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307432963
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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A landmark work of narrative history, Paris 1919 is the first full-scale treatment of the Peace Conference in more than twenty-five years. It offers a scintillating view of those dramatic and fateful days when much of the modern world was sketched out, when countries were created—Iraq, Yugoslavia, Israel—whose troubles haunt us still. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize • Winner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize • Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize Between January and July 1919, after “the war to end all wars,” men and women from around the world converged on Paris to shape the peace. Center stage, for the first time in history, was an American president, Woodrow Wilson, who with his Fourteen Points seemed to promise to so many people the fulfillment of their dreams. Stern, intransigent, impatient when it came to security concerns and wildly idealistic in his dream of a League of Nations that would resolve all future conflict peacefully, Wilson is only one of the larger-than-life characters who fill the pages of this extraordinary book. David Lloyd George, the gregarious and wily British prime minister, brought Winston Churchill and John Maynard Keynes. Lawrence of Arabia joined the Arab delegation. Ho Chi Minh, a kitchen assistant at the Ritz, submitted a petition for an independent Vietnam. For six months, Paris was effectively the center of the world as the peacemakers carved up bankrupt empires and created new countries. This book brings to life the personalities, ideals, and prejudices of the men who shaped the settlement. They pushed Russia to the sidelines, alienated China, and dismissed the Arabs. They struggled with the problems of Kosovo, of the Kurds, and of a homeland for the Jews. The peacemakers, so it has been said, failed dismally; above all they failed to prevent another war. Margaret MacMillan argues that they have unfairly been made the scapegoats for the mistakes of those who came later. She refutes received ideas about the path from Versailles to World War II and debunks the widely accepted notion that reparations imposed on the Germans were in large part responsible for the Second World War. Praise for Paris 1919 “It’s easy to get into a war, but ending it is a more arduous matter. It was never more so than in 1919, at the Paris Conference. . . . This is an enthralling book: detailed, fair, unfailingly lively. Professor MacMillan has that essential quality of the historian, a narrative gift.” —Allan Massie, The Daily Telegraph (London)
Forging the Collective Memory
Author: Keith WilsonPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1782388281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
When studying the origins of the First World War, scholars have relied heavily on the series of key diplomatic documents published by the governments of both the defeated and the victorious powers in the 1920s and 1930s. However, this volume shows that these volumes, rather than dealing objectively with the past, were used by the different governments to project an interpretation of the origins of the Great War that was more palatable to them and their country than the truth might have been. In revealing policies that influenced the publication of the documents, the relationships between the commissioning governments, their officials, and the historians involved, this collection serves as a warning that even seemingly objective sources have to be used with caution in historical research.
Rumors of the Great War
Author: Nathan N. OrgillPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498559735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
This study examines the role of British newspapers during the July Crisis of 1914. The author argues that decision-makers in Berlin and London framed their policies on a reading of the British press, which expressed deep skepticism about involvement in a general European war after the Sarajevo murders. British newspapers and journalists encouraged German hopes for British neutrality, as well as the indecisive nature of Sir Edward Grey's foreign policy in 1914, helping spark the Great War.
The Causes of the First World War
Author: Annika MombauerPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351168428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The causes of the First World War were disputed before the first shots had even been fired. Recriminations intensified following the Treaty of Versailles when the victors accused Germany and its allies of having caused the war. This was the start of a heated blame game in which historians and politicians on all sides became embroiled in a war of documents and publications. More than 100 years on, the question of the origins of the First World War still remains contested. Based on Annika Mombauer’s The Origins of the First World War (2002), this thoroughly revised and expanded volume examines the political and ideological concerns that fuelled these international disagreements and offers an extensive analysis of a complex and unique historical controversy from 1914 to the centenary and beyond. It provides students, teachers, scholars and non-specialist readers with a comprehensive guide through the maze of conflicting interpretations.