The Great Dictators
International Relations, 1918-39
Published on 5. November 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-340-58206-0 (ISBN)
Description
Examines a number of diplomatic crises of the inter-war period, ranging from the Versailles Treaty and the surrounding controversy to the invasion of Poland in 1939. Two additional chapters look at the way in which the period was seen through the eyes of cartoonists and the historiography of the period. Following the style of other books in the series, each topic is introduced with a historical overview and explanation. It is followed by a series of excerpts from primary and secondary sources representing the views of participants, interested individuals and historians.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder Arnold
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
B&w Photographs, Line Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
252 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-58206-0 (9780340582060)
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Content
Approaching source-based questions; the Versailles settlement, 1919; Russia and Germany at the Treaty of Rapallo, 1922; Italy and the Corfu incident, 1923; the powers and the Kellogg-Briand pact, 1928; the Manchurian crisis, 1931; Russo-German relations in the early 1930s; the disarmament problem between the wars; the Abyssinian crisis, 1935; international relations and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39; the Hossbach memorandum, 1937; the Austrian crises, 1934 and 1938; the Munich crisis, 1938; the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact, 1939; the Polish crisis, 1939; the cartoon presentation of the inter-war years; historiography; dealing with examination questions.