Format:
XV, 938 S.
,
Kt.
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
0198221142
Series Statement:
Oxford history of modern Europe
Content:
"The peace treaties represented an almost impossible attempt to solve the problems caused by a murderous world war. In The Lights that Failed: European International History 1919-1933, part of the Oxford History of Modern Europe series, Steiner challenges the common assumption that the Treaty of Versailles led to the opening of a second European war. In a radically original way, this book characterizes the 1920s not as a frustrated prelude to a second global conflict but as a fascinating decade in its own right, when politicians and diplomats strove to reassemble a viable European order. Steiner examines the efforts that failed but also those which gave hope for future promise, many of which are usually underestimated, if not ignored. She shows that an equilibrium was achieved, attained between a partial American withdrawal from Europe and the forced and self-imposed constraints which the Soviet system faced when exporting revolution. The stabilization painfully achieved in Europe reached its fragile limits after 1925, even prior to the financial crises that engulfed the continent. The hinge years between the great crash of 1929 and Hitler's coming to power in 1933 devastatingly altered the balance between nationalism and internationalism. This wide-ranging study helps us grasp the decisive stages in this process." "In a second volume, The Triumph of the Dark, Steiner will examine the events which led from Hitler's accession to the outbreak of the Second World War. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Europa
;
Außenpolitik
;
Geschichte 1919-1933
