The lights that failed [[electronic resource] ] : European international history, 1919-1933 / / Zara Steiner

• Autore: Steiner Zara
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (955 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.5
• Soggetto topico: Reconstruction (1914-1939)
• Soggetto geografico: Europe History 1918-1945; Europe Politics and government 1918-1945
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [852]-865) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; List of Maps and Figures; List of Tables; Prologue; Part I. The Reconstruction of Europe, 1918-1929; 1. The Hall of Mirrors: Peacemaking in the West; 2. Distant Frontiers: Peacemaking in the East; 3. The Missing Party: The Soviet Union and the Post-War Settlements; 4. The Primacy of Economics: Reconstruction in Western Europe, 1919-1924; 5. The Primacy of Nationalism: Reconstruction in Eastern and Central Europe; 6. Revolution from the Right: Italy, 1919-1925; 7. The Geneva Dream: The League of Nations and Post-War Internationalism ; 8. New Dawn? Stabilization in Western Europe After Locarno 9. Faltering Reconstruction: Cracks in the Locarno Façade; 10. Troubled Waters: Uncertainties in Italy, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union; 11. Faltering Internationalism: Disarmament and Security after Locarno; Conclusion: Europe Reconstructed?; Part II. The Hinge Years, 1929-1933; 12. The Diplomacy of the Depression: The Triumph of Economic Nationalism; 13. The Manchurian Crisis: The European Powers and the Far East; 14. The Poisoned Chalice: The Pursuit of Disarmament; Conclusion: The Hinge Years, 1929-1933; Appendices ; A. Statistical Tables B. Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of selected European Powers; C. Chronology of International Events, 1918-1933; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Lights that Failed: European International History 1919-1933, part of the Oxford History of Modern Europe series, Steiner challenges the common assumption that the Treaty of Versailles led to the opening of a second European war and provides an analysis of the attempts to reconstruct Europe during the 1920's. She examines the efforts that failed but also those which gave hope for future promise that are usually underestimated, if not ignored. She also shows that a degree of stabilization was achieved even though it was fragile, incomplete, and did not last through the 1929-1933 period
• Titolo autorizzato: The lights that failed
• ISBN: 0-19-922686-5; 0-19-151881-6; 1-280-75928-3; 1-4294-5986-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792262003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford history of modern Europe.