The essays in this volume, written by leading historians and a former British foreign secretary, survey the strategy, politics and personalities of British peacemaking in 1919. Many of the intractable problems faced by negotiators are studied in this volume. Neglected issues, including nascent British commercial interests in Central Europe and attitudes towards Russia are covered, along with important reassessments of the viability of the Versailles treaty, reparations, appeasement, and the long-term effects of the settlement. This collection is a compelling and resonant addition to revisionist studies of the 'Peace to End Peace' and essential reading for those interested in international history.

'...the book is exceptionally good...a fine contribution to scholarship...one that deserves to be read widely.' - G.H. Bennett, International History Review

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ERIC GOLDSTEIN Professor of International Relations, Boston University RUTH HENIG Senior Lecturer, Lancaster University THE RT HON LORD HURD OF WESTWALL Retired Foreign Secretary, (1989-1995) ANTONY LENTIN Professor, Department of History, Open University MIKLOS LOJKO Assistant Lecturer of Twentieth Century British History, University of Budapest KEITH NEILSON Professor of History, Royal Military College of Canada KEITH ROBBINS Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales, Lampeter ALAN SHARP Head of the School of History, Philosophy and Politics, New University of Ulster, Coleraine ZARA STEINER Emeritus Fellow, New Hall, Cambridge KEITH WILSON Reader, International History, University of Leeds

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Notes on the Contributors Preface: The Rt Hon Lord Hurd of Westwall Acknowledgements Introduction: M.Dockrill & J.Fisher The Rise and Fall of Morality in Peacemaking; Rt Hon Lord Hurd of Westwall The Hall of Mirrors: What Was Done and Not Done at Versailles; Z.Steiner Holding up the Flag of Britain...with Sustained Vigour and Brilliance or 'Sowing the Seeds of European Disaster'? Lloyd George and Balfour at the Paris Peace Conference; A.Sharp 'Appeasement' at the Paris Peace Conference; A.Lentin 'That Elusive Entity British Policy in Russia': The Impact of Russia on British Policy at the Paris Peace Conference; K.Neilson The Treaty of Versailles: 'Never Again' and Appeasement; K.Robbins Missions Impossible: General Smuts, Sir George Clerk and British Diplomacy in Central Europe in 1919; M.Lojko The Eastern Question: The Last Phase; E.Goldstein New Diplomacy and Old: A Reassessment of British Conceptions of a League of Nations, 1918-20; R.Henig Before Gooch and Temperley: The Contributions of Austen Chamberlain and J.W. Headlam-Morley Towards 'instructing the mass of the public', 1912-1926; K.Wilson Index