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ID170296
Title ProperGermany, Versailles, and the Limits of Nationhood
LanguageENG
AuthorFischer, Conan
Summary / Abstract (Note)As a defeated Great Power, Germany faced exceptional challenges after the First World War. These ranged from domestic revolution to grudging compliance with a peace treaty whose terms Germans almost universally regarded as unjust and unworkable. Franco-German relations quickly assumed particular significance in this regard as each country sought to secure its vital interests at the other’s expense; a confrontation that culminated in the Ruhr Crisis. However, there had been intermittent attempts to address security concerns through collaboration rather than confrontation and, after the Ruhr Crisis beginning in January 1923, these efforts rapidly gained momentum. The German and French foreign ministers, Gustav Stresemann and Aristide Briand, developed a trusting relationship as they strove to locate Franco-German rapprochement within the wider context of European integration. Stresemann’s death in 1929 did not stop this process that, under severe pressure from the Great Depression, finally imploded in early 1932.
`In' analytical NoteDiplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 30, No.2; Jun 2019: p.398-420
Journal SourceDiplomacy and Statecraft Vol: 30 No 2
Key WordsGermany ;  Versailles ;  Limits of Nationhood


 
 
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