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Karl Renner: Austria
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2009
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The Socialist politician Karl Renner (1870 1950) was prime minister of the government that took power in Vienna after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He lead the delegation to Paris, which had to face the difficult issue of reparations and war guilt, for which the Allies held the …
Hashemites: The Dream of Arabia
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2010
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The story of the Arab Revolt and the Hashemite princes who led it during the First World War is inextricably linked in modern eyes to the legend of "Lawrence of Arabia" as portrayed in David Lean's 1962 film. But behind this romantic image lies a harsher reality of wartime expediency, …
Chaim Weizmann: The Zionist Dream
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Av T. G. Fraser
Inbunden, 2009, 15+ år
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The Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the most defining features of recent world history, flaring up into open war fare yet again in Gaza at the end of 2008 and provoking large-scale demonstrations in the streets of cities across the world. When the Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann (1874 1952) …
Wellington Koo: China
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2008, 15+ år
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Born in Shanghai and raised in the city's International Settlement, Gu Weijun, a.k.a. Wellington Koo (1887-1985) became fluent in English during his postgraduate studies abroad - he got a PhD in Law from Columbia in 1912. He was recalled soon afterwards to become the English Secretary to the newly …
Ignacy Paderewski: Poland
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2009, 15+ år
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The thirteenth of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points of 1918 read: An independent Polish state should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic …
Mihály Károlyi and István Bethlen: Hungary
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2009
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White aster flowers, on sale on the streets of Budapest on the eve of All Souls' Day, are made the symbol of a revolution which brings Mihaly Karolyi (1875-1955) to power at the head of a National Council. Karoly concludes an armistice which leaves large areas of Hungarian territory under …
General Smuts: South Africa
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2010
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Jan Christian Smuts was one of the key figures behind the creation of the League of Nations; Woodrow Wilson was inspired by his ideas on the League and borrowed heavily from them, including the mandates scheme, whereby South Africa took responsibility for Namibia. Alarmed at the turn that …
William Massey: New Zealand
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Av James Watson
Inbunden, 2010
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The Great War profoundly affected both New Zealand and its Prime Minister William Massey (1856-1925). Farmer Bill oversaw the dispatch of a hundred thousand New Zealanders, including his own sons, to Middle Eastern and European battlefields. In 1919 he led the New Zealand delegation to the Paris …
Afonso Costa: Portugal
Inbunden, 2010
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Portugal's poor military performance in the First World War, notably in Africa, restricted Afonso Costa's (1871-1937) ability to secure his diplomatic aims which, in any case, were highly unrealistic. Nevertheless, his loyal press in Portugal described him as the leader of the small nations', and …
Consequences of the Peace
The Versailles Settlement: Aftermath and Legacy 1919-2010
Av Alan Sharp
Inbunden, 2015
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The Versailles Settlement does not enjoy a good international reputation: despite its lofty aim to settle the world's affairs at a stroke, it is widely considered to have set the world on the path to a second major conflict within a generation. Woodrow Wilson's controversial principle of …
Georges Clemenceau: France
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Av David Watson
Inbunden, 2008
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The Anglo-Saxon view of Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) is based on John Maynard Keynes' misjudged caricature, that he had imposed a treaty that was harsh and oppressive of Germany. French critics' view, however, is that he had been too lenient, and left Germany in a position to challenge the …
David Lloyd George: Great Britain
Av Alan Sharp
Inbunden, 2008
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The end of the First World War saw Britain at the height of its power. Its fleet and air force were the largest in the world. Its armies had triumphed in the Middle East and spearheaded the final attacks in Western Europe that had driven the defeated Germans to seek an armistice. Britain now had to …
Friedrich Ebert: Germany
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Av Harry Harmer
Inbunden, 2008
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This title is about Friedrich Ebert (1871-1925). Ebert was influential in securing SPD support for the war in 1914. On the eve of war he travelled to Switzerland to arrange the movement of SPD funds if the party was outlawed. As the leader of organized labour, Ebert had close relations with …
Eleftherios Venizelos: Greece
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Av Andrew Dalby
Inbunden, 2010
137 kr
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The Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936) was one of the stars of the Paris Peace Conference, impressing many of the Western delegates, already possessed of a romantic view of 'the grandeur that was Greece', with his charm and oratorical style. He won support for his country's …
From the Sultan to Atatürk: Turkey
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Av Andrew Mango
Inbunden, 2009
146 kr
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World War I sounded the death knell of empires. The forces of disintegration affected several empires simultaneously. To that extent they were impersonal. But prudent statesmen could delay the death of empires, rulers such as Emperor Franz Josef II of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Sultan …
Prince Saionji: Japan
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2009
141 kr
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The Japanese delegation at the Paris Peace Conference did not have the Japanese prime or foreign ministers with them as they had only just been elected and had plenty to do back home. The delegation was instead led by Prince Saionji Kinmochi (1849-1940), the dashing 'kingmaker' of early …
Piip, Meierovics & Voldemaras: The Baltic States
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2010
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Conflict on the borders of the Russian Empire, whatever the complexion of the government controlling it, has been a constant feature of the past 90 years, most recently with Russia's brief war with Georgia in August 2008. In 1919, as the smaller nations on Russia's borders sought self-determination …
Benes & Masaryk: Czechoslovakia
Inbunden, 2010
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Of even greater importance for Hungary's future were the activities of the champions of an independent state of Czechs and Slovaks. Tomas Masaryk, a Czech professor of philosophy and a future leader of his people, was hard at work within a month of the outbreak of war lobbying in Paris and London …
Ion Bratianu: Romania
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2011
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At the beginning of 1918 the British War Cabinet endorsed the view of the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, that after the war Austria-Hungary should be in a position to exercise a powerful influence in south-east Europe. These reassuring professions were the essence of hypocrisy, since the …
Aleksandur Stamboliiski: Bulgaria
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2009, 15+ år
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Aleksandur Stamboliiski was one of the most original politicians of the 20th century. His tragedy was that he came to power at the end of the First World War in which Bulgaria had been defeated. It fell to him, therefore, to accept and apply the peace settlement. This created tensions between him …
Pasic & Trumbic: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Av Dejan Djokic
Inbunden, 2010
141 kr
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"Nicola Pasic and Ante Trumbic: The book" will provide the first parallel biographies of two key Yugoslav politicians of the early 20th century: Nikola Pasic, a Serb, and Ante Trumbic, a Croat. It will also offer a brief history of the creation of Yugoslavia (initially known as the Kingdom of …
Vittorio Orlando: Italy
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2010
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The Italian premier Vittorio Orlando came to Paris as one of the Big Four', yet in April 1919 walked out in one of the most dramatic crises of the Peace Conferences. Orlando's failure to win for Italy the territories she felt were owed to her was to have far-reaching consequences for both Italy and …
Maharajah of Bikaner: India
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Av Hugh Purcell
Inbunden, 2010
152 kr
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The story of the Indian soldiery in the Great War needs a new telling and one important chapter of it will be about the Maharajah of Bikaner: Dashing, autocratic and a formidable public speaker, Ganga Singh commanded his own camel corps called the Ganga Risala, fought on the Western Front and in …
Paul Hymans: Belgium
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Av Sally Marks
Inbunden, 2010
140 kr
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On 4 February 1919 in the League of Nations Commission at the Paris Peace Conference, Paul Hymans resisted minimal representation of small states on the League Council by shouting at Lord Robert Cecil, What you propose is a revival of the Holy Alliance of unhallowed memory!' It was Hymans, above …
Prince Charoon et al: South East Asia
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Av Andrew Dalby
Inbunden, 2010, 15+ år
142 kr
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Southeast Asia needs to be dealt with as a whole, because, although the one national delegation from the region (Siam) took a minor part, nationalist movements in several Southeast Asian countries reached an early climax significant though inconclusive in the years 1919-1920. The planned Peace …
Epitacio Pessoa: Brazil
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2010
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Epitacio Pessoa (1865-1942). Brazil was one of the emerging world powers to be invited to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Having jettisoned her empire just thirty years before, the Portuguese-speaking nation was showed signs of becoming one of the financial powerhouses not just of Latin …
William Hughes: Australia
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Av Carl Bridge
Inbunden, 2011, 15+ år
147 kr
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The First World War marked the emergence of the Dominions on the world stage as independent nations, none more so than Australia. The country's sacrifice at Gallipoli in 1915, and the splendid combat record of Australian troops on the Western Front not only created a national awakening at home, but …
South America and the Treaty of Versailles
The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath
Inbunden, 2011, 15+ år
140 kr
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While Portuguese-speaking Brazil declared war on Germany, in the First World War, the rest of South America held back. In the end no other South American nation joined the fighting. But four - Bolivia, Equador, Peru and Uruguay - did break off diplomatic relations with Germany in 1917, in sympathy …
28 June
Sarajevo 1914 - Versailles 1919: The War and Peace That Made the Modern World
Av Alan Sharp
Inbunden, 2014
334 kr
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On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo. The assassin’s bullets proved fatal not only to the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne (and, accidentally, to his wife, Sophie) but ultimately to the peace of Europe and to four great multi-national, multi-ethnic, …
