British Foreign Policy, 19191939

Informationen zum Autor Paul W. Doerr teaches European and British History at Acadia University, Nova Scotia Klappentext Provides students with a clear narrative overview of the period which will enable them to form critical opinions. Introduces students to the historical controversies of the period and communicates the results of recent specialist studies to a student readership in an easily understood manner. An accessible, clearly written account accompanied by useful bibliography, chronology, tables and maps, and written by an author teaching in the field. Zusammenfassung Examines British foreign policy from the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 to the outbreak of World War II, surveying the results of the Paris Peace conference, the crushing of the hopes of the 1920s and British leaders' attempts to cope with crises leading to the descent into war. In the MANCHESTER STUDIES IN MODERN HISTORY series. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology1. The Background2. The Paris Peace Conference, 1919: 'An Appalling Dispersal of Energy'3. Maintaining the Peace, 1920-19234. An Era of Stability and Promise, 1924-19295. The Impact of the Great Depression, 1929-19336. The Foreign Office7. From the Rise of Hitler to the Conquest of Ethiopia8. 'I Love a Crisis' : The Rhineland and the Impact of the Spanish Civil War, 19369. Active Appeasement, 193810. The End of Appeasement and the Rise of Containment, 193911. ConclusionBibliographical GuideMaps

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• Authors: Doer, Paul Doerr, Paul W. Doerr, DOERR PAUL W
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.1998
• EAN: 9780719046728
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-4672-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Manchester Studies in Modern H; Manchester Studies in Modern History; Manchester Studies in Modern H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science