Georges Clemenceau

France

By: David Watson

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Hardcover | 1 March 2009 | Edition Number 1

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The Anglo-Saxon view of Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) is based on John Maynard Keynes?s misjudged caricature, that he had imposed a treaty that was harsh and oppressive of Germany. French critics? view, however, is that he had been too lenient, and left Germany in a position to challenge the treaty. In fact the treaty was a just settlement, and it could have been maintained. The failure was not in the terms of the treaty but in the subsequent failure to insist on maintaining them in the face of German resistance. AUTHOR: David Watson was senior lecturer in History at the University of Dundee for many years until his retirement. His field is European history, especially French; after writing a major biography of Clemenceau more than thirty years ago, he continued to research and write upon his life and on related topics in French and European history. His principal publications are The Nationalist Movement in Paris 1900-1906 (1962), Marcel Proust and Joseph Reinach, Modern Languages Review (1966), ?The treaty of Versailles? in N Waites (ed.), Troubled Neighbours (1971), Life of Charles I (1972), Clemenceau, A Political Biography (1974), ?France, Europe and the World since 1880? in J McMillan (ed.), The Oxford History of Modern France (2003). RVIEWS: 'a beautifully produced series? 'The allied ?big three? lead the first six titles... All three capture and convey the essential tragedies of their subjects? - Nigel Jones, Literary Review, November 2008

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The Life and the Land	p. 1
France in the World	p. 3
Clemenceau in French Politics	p. 20
The End of the War	p. 43
The Paris Peace Conference	p. 65
Opening of the Conference, January and February	p. 67
The Pause: February to March	p. 81
The German Frontiers and Treaties of Guarantee	p. 95
Reparations	p. 110
German Signature and the Other Treaties	p. 124
Defence of the Treaty, July-December 1919	p. 147
The Legacy	p. 163
After 1920	p. 165
Notes	p. 180
Chronology	p. 188
Further Reading	p. 204
Picture Sources	p. 211
Index	p. 213
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