The Unfinished Peace after World War I: America, Britain and the Stabilisation of Europe, 1919–1932

ISBN: 9780521723435 出版年：2006 页码：709 Patrick O Cohrs Cambridge University Press

Prologue: the truncated peace of Versailles and its consequences, 1919-23 1. The wider challenges: the legacy of the 'Great War' and the era of imperialism 2. Wilson, Lloyd George and the quest for a 'peace to end all wars' 3. The ill-founded peace settlement of 1919 4. The escalation of Europe's post-Versailles crisis, 1920-23 Part I. The Anglo-American Stabilisation of Europe, 1923-4: 5. Towards a progressive transformation of European politics: the reorientation of American stabilisation policy, 1921-3 6. Towards transatlantic co-operation and a new European order: the reorientation of British stabilisation policy, 1922-4 7. The turning point - the Anglo-American intervention in the Ruhr crisis 8. From antagonism to accommodation: the reorientation of French and German postwar policies, 1923-4 9. The two paths to the London conference: the Dawes process and the recasting of European international politics 10. The first 'real' peace settlement after World War 1: the London agreement of 1924 and the consequences of the 'economic peace' Part II. Europe's Nascent Pax Anglo-Americana, 1924-5: 11. The dawning of a progressive Pax Americana in Europe? 12. Towards the Locarno pact - Britain's quest for a new European concert, 1924-5 13. Regression? US policy and the 'political insurance' of Europe's 'economic peace' 14. Beyond irreconcilable differences? German and French approaches to Locarno 15. The path to Locarno - and its transatlantic dimension 16. The second 'real' peace settlement after World War I: the Locarno conference and the emergence of a new concert of Europe Part III. The Unfinished Transatlantic Peace Order: the system of London and Locarno, 1926-9 17. Sustaining peaceful change and stability - the challenges of the latter 1920s 18. Progressive visions and limited commitments: American stabilisation efforts in the era of London and Locarno 19. 'Reciprocity'? Britain as 'honest broker' in the Locarno system 20. The new European concert - and its limits 21. The quest for a 'final postwar agreement' at Thoiry 22. Towards a peaceful change of Polish-German relations? 23. Achievements and constraints - the European security system of the latter 1920s 24. No 'new world order' - the limits of the Kellogg-Briand Pact 25. Towards the young process - the final bid to fortify the system of London and Locarno 26. The last 'grand bargain' after World War I - the Hague Settlement of 1929 Epilogue Conclusion.