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German violation of Belgian neutrality escalated the 1914 hostilities into a world war, and disagreement about Belgium's future did much to block a compromise peace. In the postwar decade, Belgium's role as intermediary between France and Britain was pivotal, and its primary concerns reveal mush about postwar Europe's search for stability.
Sally Marks' analysis of European diplomacy between World War I and Hitler's advent explores the reasons why a lasting peace failed to occur in the interwar era.
Paul Hymans was the champion of the small states in the League of Nations Commission at the Paris Peace Conference and was rewarded by becoming the League's first president. He thereby brought about Belgium's transition from the status of sheltered child to full participation in much great-power diplomacy.
In the space of little over thirty years, the world was transformed. Europe's great powers were no longer ascendant and the US became a 'superpower'. This book assesses what happened during that time. Stressing the role of empire and the nonwestern world, it offers a truly international picture of the period.
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