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Title: The treatment of Germany at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919
Authors: Mifsud, Vincent M.
Keywords: World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
Paris. Peace Conference, 1919
World War, 1914-1918 -- Treaties
Germany -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
Issue Date: 2016
Abstract: The goal of this thesis is to deliver an evaluation that links the outcome of the Peace Conference with the objectives of the belligerents before it even started. The basis for this approach is that this brings to the fore the original intentions of the nations that were represented. This makes it possible to identify those instances where the Allies may have sought to abuse their temporary position of power to the detriment of the Germans and how these intentions filtered down and were reflected in the finalised version of the Treaty. On the other hand, the Germans may also have been seeking to extricate themselves from what was a seriously compromised position by exploiting the weakest link among the Allied and Associated Powers and escape from their responsibilities for the war. In other words, the ultimate purpose is to assess whether what happened to Germany in the twenties was in the nature of a murder premeditated by her enemies or a suicide designed to attract the sympathy of the international community in a desperate and last-ditch attempt to emerge from the war relatively unscathed.
Description: M.A.DIPLOMATIC STUD.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/13421
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