Peacemaking

Political and Diplomatic Change, 1919-1923

The Peacemakers

• Conflicting visions: realism v. idealism

• What to do with problem of nationalism?

• What to do with German empire?

• How to insure security and promote economic recovery?

• Oh, yeah, and the !~@#$ Middle East.

“Solutions?”

• Treaty of Versailles (28 June 1914)

• Treaty of Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (10 September 1919)

• Treat of Trianon (4 June 1920)

• Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine (27 November 1919)

• Treaty of Sevres (10 August 1920); Treaty of Lausanne (24, July, 1923)

Problems

• Article 231 and Reparations.• Polish Corridor• Yugoslavia• Balfour Declaration and Palestine• Syke-Picot agreement• Arab Nationalism• Mandate System• Ignored U. S. S. R.• Germany viewed treaty as a “Diktat.”• Italy and Japan did not realize gains they believed they

had earned.