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Makers of the Modern World
The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath

Makers of the Modern World

The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Various

MAKERS OF THE MODERN WORLD: THE PEACE CONFERENCES OF 1919-23 AND THEIR AFTERMATH is a ground breaking new series containing 32 titles, being published by Haus from NOVEMBER 2008-2010. Get a 30% discount when you subscribe to the series!

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Friedrich Ebert: Germany
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath

Friedrich Ebert: Germany

Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Harry Harmer

On 9 November 1918 Ebert became Imperial Chancellor as revolution broke out in Berlin. Two of his sons were killed in the conflict, a tragedy he used to emphasise his own patriotism....

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  2008-11-01
  9781905791637
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  World
  History, Makers of the Modern World

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Woodrow Wilson: United States
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath

Woodrow Wilson: United States

Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Brian Morton

It is September 1919 – a meeting hall in a small mid-Western city. A thin man is speaking to a sceptical audience about peace. He has already met the city fathers and has been warned that ‘out here’ what happens in Europe means very little...

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  9781905791620
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  History, Makers of the Modern World

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David Lloyd George: Great Britain
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath

David Lloyd George: Great Britain

Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Alan Sharp (Series Editor)

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. Britain now had to translate this military victory into the achievement of its war aims and future security and prosperity. Its main negotiator at the forthcoming peace conference would be its prime minister, the ebullient and enigmatic David Lloyd George, the ‘Welsh Wizard’ – ‘the man who had won the war’...

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  9781905791613
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  History, Makers of the Modern World

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Georges Clemenceau: France
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath

Georges Clemenceau: France

Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by David Robin Watson

The Anglo-Saxon view of Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) is based on John Maynard Keynes’s 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 treaty...

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  9781905791606
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  History, Makers of the Modern World

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