The Treaty of Versailles: A Reassessment After 75 Years

New York University Press, New York USA

Mr. Boerneke starts his book with a straight review of the articles in the treaty and explains what each one of them means in general terms. After this review he gives yet another overview of the historical events which would later be affected by these articles; such as the massive increase in German nationalism under the Nazi regime and the German people's anger towards the loss of the "corridor lands" along the border with France. As well, Boerneke talks about the ill effects of the treaty on Italy, after they lost land along the north they were promised in 1915. Overall this is a great book, and will be the primary source for my paper.

Although i was unable to find the author of this paper listed anywhere on the page, it still gave enough of an overview that I felt it was necessary to include. It is broken down into two sections. The first discussing the implications of the articles as they relate to Germany's "war guilt" , which was a new idea there. Breaking down the reparations into statistics, this paper offered a purely economic and geographic review of what was gained and lost by both sides. It discussed the sacrifice of land, people, moneys, and pride (which of course isn't really a statistic, but still had a major role in affairs afterwards). The second section talked about the affects these reparation had on the Allied nations like France and England, and the possible effects on the Communist battle raging in the Soviet Union at the time. Overall, a fairly good source for statistical information, however on an instructional basis, it is quite weak.

from texts that were taken in private. The author refuses throughout the book to reveal how these were acquired, but uses them to expose the true emotions and ideas involved in the creation of this treaty. Many conversations include Woodrow Wilson and David Lloyd George, who did not see eye to eye on the forms and amounts of punishment (which is duly documented). As well, these conversations are a candid testimonial of how these elected officials view how the war affected their people on the whole. Overall this is quite a useful source in that it gives these candid testimonials on how each of the nations, dejected, triumphant, sad, and elated feel as to how to draw the war to an end.

Treaty of Versailles: A Blue Print For War

Wilson more than the rest of the allied leaders, discussing Wilson's poor efforts to find a point of compromise in the treaty, which in turn led to the massive emotional eruption in World War II. Most of his review covers the negativity which plagued Wilson throughout his journeys to and from Europe. His conclusion states that it was the American inability to find compromise in the treaty that eventually led to WWII through the increase of tension in Europe caused by the unfairness of Versailles.

At his point I find myself favouring the idea that the treaty was in fact ver

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