Great Britain, Germany and the Soviet Union - Rapallo and After, 1922-1934

Germany and the Soviet Union concluded the treaty of Rapallo together within five years of their defeat in the First World War. The resulting fear of Soviet-German co-operation cast a long shadow over British foreign policy; thisbook traces its influence.

List of contents

Introduction
"It nearly overthrew the applecart": Lloyd George and the treaty of Rapallo
"The most important event since the armistice": the Foreign Office and Rapallo
Rapallo's first test: the Ruhr crisis
The policy of conciliation: Rapallo and the first Labour government
The battle for the German soul: Locarno and the treaty of Berlin
Rapallo and the rupture of Anglo-Soviet relations
Rapallo and the decline of the Locarno spirit
An economic Rapallo?
Rapallo and the disarmament conference
The Rapallo relationship and Hitler's rise to power
The end of Rapallo: the German-Polish non-aggression treaty

About the author

Stephanie C. Salzmann

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie C Salzmann, Stephanie C. Salzmann
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2013
• EAN: 9781843838401
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-840-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Series: Royal Historical Society Studi; Royal Historical Society Studi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education