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Small Countries in a Big Power World: The Belgian-Dutch Conflict at Versailles, 1919

2016-11-21 History
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Release : 2016-11-21
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Book Synopsis Small Countries in a Big Power World: The Belgian-Dutch Conflict at Versailles, 1919 by : H.P. van Tuyll

Download or read book Small Countries in a Big Power World: The Belgian-Dutch Conflict at Versailles, 1919 written by H.P. van Tuyll. This book was released on 2016-11-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a devastated Belgium emerged from World War I, some of its leaders had high hopes that the upcoming negotiations would enable achievement of a long-cherished goal; annexing parts of the Netherlands lost in the final 1839 settlement which had established the country. Belgium’s strong historical and military arguments were bolstered by its courageous Great War image. Yet the Dutch proved ready and able to launch an energetic counterattack which ultimately stymied the Belgian campaign. This book explains why and how this happened, and demonstrates that small states are active participants in their own destinies, not just spectators or victims.

The Great War in Belgium and the Netherlands

2018-07-02 History
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Release : 2018-07-02
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Great War in Belgium and the Netherlands by : Felicity Rash

Download or read book The Great War in Belgium and the Netherlands written by Felicity Rash. This book was released on 2018-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the many avenues that are still left unexplored when it comes to our understanding of the First World War in the Low Countries. With the ongoing the centenary of the Great War, many events have been organized in the United Kingdom to commemorate its military events, its socio-political consequences, and its cultural legacy. Of these events, very few have paid attention to the fates of Belgium or the Netherlands, even though it was the invasion of Belgium in August 1914 that was the catalyst for Great Britain declaring war. The occupation of Belgium had long-term consequences for its people, but much of the military and social history of the Western Front concentrates on northern France, and the Netherlands is largely forgotten as a nation affected by the First World War. By opening the field beyond the military and beyond the front, this collection explores the interdisciplinary and international nature of the Great War.

Neutrality as a Policy Choice for Small/Weak Democracies

2019-07-08 Political Science
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Release : 2019-07-08
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Neutrality as a Policy Choice for Small/Weak Democracies by : Michael F. Palo

Download or read book Neutrality as a Policy Choice for Small/Weak Democracies written by Michael F. Palo. This book was released on 2019-07-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Michael F. Palo explains how a historical and theoretical examination of Belgian neutrality, 1839-1940, can help readers understand the behaviour of small/weak democracies in the international system.

The Trial of the Kaiser

2018-10-18 Law
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Release : 2018-10-18
Genre : Law
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Book Synopsis The Trial of the Kaiser by : William A. Schabas

Download or read book The Trial of the Kaiser written by William A. Schabas. This book was released on 2018-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the immediate aftermath of the armistice that ended the First World War, the Allied nations of Britain, France, and Italy agreed to put the fallen German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II on trial, in what would be the first ever international criminal tribunal. In Britain, Lloyd George campaigned for re-election on the slogan 'hang the Kaiser', but the Italians had only lukewarm support for a trial, and there was outright resistance from the United States. During the Peace Conference, international lawyers gathered for the first time to debate international criminal justice. They recommended trial of the Kaiser by an international tribunal for war crimes, and the Americans relented, agreeing to a trial for a 'supreme offence against international morality'. However, the Kaiser had fled to the Netherlands where he obtained asylum, and though the Allies threatened a range of measures if the former Emperor was not surrendered, the Dutch refused and the demands were dropped in March 1920. This book, from renowned legal scholar William A. Schabas, sheds light on perhaps the most important international trial that never was. Schabas draws on numerous primary sources hitherto unexamined in published work, including transcripts which vividly illuminate this period of international law making. As such, he has written a book which constitutes a history of the very beginnings of international criminal justice, a history which has never before been fully told.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

1920 Business & Economics
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Release : 1920
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis The Economic Consequences of the Peace by : John Maynard Keynes

Download or read book The Economic Consequences of the Peace written by John Maynard Keynes. This book was released on 1920. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Maynard Keynes, then a rising young economist, participated in the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 as chief representative of the British Treasury and advisor to Prime Minister David Lloyd George. He resigned after desperately trying and failing to reduce the huge demands for reparations being made on Germany. The Economic Consequences of the Peace is Keynes' brilliant and prophetic analysis of the effects that the peace treaty would have both on Germany and, even more fatefully, the world.

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