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Consequences of Peace: The Versailles Settlement: Aftermath and Legacy 1919-2010 (Makers of the Modern World)
Consequences of Peace The Versailles Settlement Aftermath and Legacy 19192010 - Makers of the Modern World Author:Alan Sharp This final volume in the Makers of the Modern World series will evaluate the immediate and later effects of the last and arguably only attempt to settle the world's affairs at a stroke. With its focus on the decisions taken at Versailles, Alan Sharp scrutinizes the ideas that came to define the twentieth century, including the "German Problem," ... more »the rise of the United States as a world power, the League and United Nations, self-determination, minority protection, and the rise of international law. With so many of the world's conflicts traceable to the Paris Peace Conference (most obviously the ongoing troubles in the Middle East), the conferences have always cast a long shadow, though their reputation worsened towards the end of the last century, with commentators and historians suggesting that the post-1989 ethnic disturbances in the Balkans and on the fringes of the former Soviet Union are "the old chickens of Versailles coming home to roost." But to what extent are the makers of the modern world culpable for the strife that was later laid at their door? And are later failures in diplomacy and international relations just as blameworthy?Alan Sharp is the editor of the Makers of the Modern World series. He was provost of the Coleraine campus at the University of Ulster, where he was previously head of the School of History and International Affairs. Professor Sharp is an internationally recognized expert on the Treaty of Versailles and his publications include The Versailles Settlement: Peacemaking in Paris, 1919.« less