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The lights that failed : European international history 1919-1933 (engelsk)


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In The Lights that Failed: European International History 1919-1933, Steiner challenges the assumption that the Treaty of Versailles led to the opening of a second European war and provides an analysis of the attempts to reconstruct Europe during the 1920s.

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PART I: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE, 1918-1929; 1. The Hall of Mirrors: Peacemaking in the West; 2. Distant Frontiers: Peacemaking in the East; 3. Revolution from the Left: The Soviet Union and the Post-War Settlement; 4. The Primacy of Economics: Reconstruction in Western Europe, 1919-1924; 5. The Primacy of Nationalism: Reconstruction in Eastern and Central Europe; 6. Revolution from the Right: Italy, 1919-25; 7. The Geneva Dream: The League of Nations and Post-War Internationalism; 8. New Dawn? Stabilisation in Western Europe after Locarno; 9. Faltering Reconstruction: Cracks in the Locarno Facade; 10. Troubled Waters: Uncertainties in Italy, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union; 11. Faltering Internationalism: Disarmament and Security after Locarno; Conclusion: Europe Reconstructed?; PART II: THE HINGE YEARS, 1930-1933; 12. The Diplomacy of the Depression: Economics and Foreign Policy; 13. Beyond Europe: The Manchurian Crisis; 14. The Poisoned Chalice: The Pursuit of Disarmament; Conclusion: The Hinge Years; Appendices; Select Bibliography


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