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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100198202229
ISBN-139780198202226
eBay Product ID (ePID)1479353
Product Key Features
Book TitleSpoils of War : the Politics, Economics, and Diplomacy of Reparations 1918-1932
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
TopicEconomic History, Modern / 20th Century, International Relations / General, Literary
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Fiction, Business & Economics, History
AuthorBruce Kent
Book SeriesClarendon Paperbacks Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight23.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition19
Reviews'impeccably informed ... his excellent study is written with verve, clearly organized, set into context of the extensive debate on the issue which he radically recasts'L. L. Farrar, History, 'impeccably informed ... his excellent study is written with verve, clearly organized, set into context of the extensive debate on the issue which he radically recasts'L. L. Farrar, History'Bruce Kent's scholarship is impressive: he has consulted a wide range of sources in France, Germany, Great Britain and the United States, and his conclusions ... deserve respect.'Times Literary Supplement'Bruce Kent ... has tackled it with considerable success ... Dr Kent is both helpful and informative'Times Higher Education Supplement'Bruce Kent's scholarship is impressive.'Times Literary Supplement'an important scholarly study ...There are several useful appendices in what is clearly going to be a standard work on this most complex issue. There are also several delightful Lowe cartoons which illustrate most aptly the intrinsic absurdity of the whole reparations story.'W. Carr, University of Sheffield, German History, Vol.8, No.3, 1990'Reading this book is a pleasant surprise. It turns out to be about as readable as anything on the subject can be, while remaining well informed and of consistently high quality. Dr Kent ... has done a thorough job with the literature and has made a serious contribution to the subject.'L.D. Schwarz, University of Birmingham, French History, Volume 5, Number 1, March 1991'most impressive book'Lorna Lloyd, University of Keele, Political Studies, March 1991'Kent's book presents an original interpretation, placing him in that group of Australian historians who in the last few decades have made interesting contributions to contemporary historiographical debate.'Gaetano Sabatini, Faculty of Transport Economics and International Trade, Naples, The Journal of European Economic History, Volume 22, Number 1, Spring 1993'his account will be found most useful by anyone working in the period ... Especially valuable is the detailed examination of the German economy.'Anne Orde, Univbersity of Durham, EHR, July 1993
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Dewey Decimal940.3/1422
Table Of ContentLists of illustrations, tables, abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: The Origins of the Reparation Problem: Between rhetoric and reality: Allied reparation claims and the condition of Germany; The division of spoils; Fixing the bill, July 1920-May 1921; PART II: Making Germany 'Pay': 'Fulfilment', May 1921-January 1922; From Cannes to the Ruhr; The Ruhr struggle; PART III: Internationalization and collapse: The Dawes interlude; The Young plan; The lastact; Conclusion; Appendices
SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive account of the dispute over who should 'pay' for the First World War - a dispute which poisoned international relations, destabilized the world's financial system, and encouraged the rise of the Nazis in the 1920s and 1930s. Dr Kent's systematic analysis of the origins and persistence of the financial demands made upon Germany after the war sheds new light on the 'beggar-thy-neighbour' tendencies of liberal democracies in times offinancial crisis. He argues that the victors had no coherent policy of eliminating Germany as a commercial or strategic threat. The indemnity illusion was fostered by British, French, and Americanstatesmen to conceal the financial implications of the war and to defuse radical agitation for heavy taxation., This is the first comprehensive account of the dispute over who should "pay" for World War I--a dispute which poisoned international relations, destabilized the world's financial system, and contributed to the rise of the Nazis in the 1920s and 1930s. Kent argues that the victors had no coherent policy of eliminating Germany as a commercial or strategic threat, and that the illusion of indemnity was fostered by British, French, and American statesmen to both conceal the financial implications of the war and defuse radical agitation for heavy taxation., The dispute over 'who should pay' for the Great War poisoned international relations, destabilized world finance, and helped the rise of the Nazis in the 1920s and 1930s. This is the first comprehensive study and it makes an important contribution to our understanding of the politics and economics of the inter-war period.
LC Classification NumberD649.G3
