Beyond the Great War : Making Peace in a Disordered World

Carl Bouchard

ISBN 10: 1487542747 / ISBN 13: 9781487542740

Published by University Of Toronto Press Jan 2022, 2022

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Neuware - This collection addresses the impact of the end of the First World War and challenges the positive vision of a new world order that emerged from the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond the Great War : Making Peace in a Disordered World
• Publisher: University Of Toronto Press Jan 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1487542747
• ISBN 13: 9781487542740
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 152H x 23D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 499 grams

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Synopsis

Following the end of the First World War, a new world order emerged from the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. It was an order riddled with contradictions and problems that were only finally resolved after the Second World War.

Beyond the Great War brings together a group of both well-established and younger historians who share a rejection of the dominant view of the peace process that ended the First World War. The book expands beyond the traditional focus on diplomatic and high political history to question the assumption that the Paris Peace Treaties were the progenitors of a new world order. Extending the ongoing debate about the success of the Treaty of Versailles and surrounding events, this collection approaches the heritage of the Great War through a variety of lenses: gender, race, the high politics of diplomacy, the peace movement, provision for veterans, international science, socialism, and the way the war ended. Collectively, contributors argue that the treaties were at best a mitigated success, and that the "brave new world" of 1919 cannot be separated from the Great War that preceded it.

About the Author

Carl Bouchard is a professor of Modern History and International Relations at the Université de Montréal.
Norman Ingram is a professor of Modern French History at Concordia University.