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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nelson, Harold I

Titel

Land and Power : British and Allied Policy on Germany's Frontiers 1916-19

Ist Teil von

• Heritage

Ort / Verlag

Toronto : University of Toronto Press

Erscheinungsjahr

[2019]

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The First World War destroyed the old European balance of power. In the heart of the continent, a basically strong and probably dangerous Germany remained. English and French Security, indeed European and world stability critically depended upon the containment of the Reich. How could a new equilibrium be devised, especially in the absence of a friendly Russian Great Power to the east and in view of America's uncertain course in world politics? This book treats on a board canvas one vital aspect of the German Problem in 1919: the redistribution, through territorial change, of the elements of power between Germany and the victors. This study and its conclusions are offered as a tentative reappraisal in the light of a new, fuller evidence and of longer perspectives on the subject