The Versailles Settlement: Peacemaking in Paris, 1919

The Making of the Twentieth Century

by Alan Sharp

Seeks to explain how the peacemakers of World War I saw their task and how they hoped to achieve their ends.

Genres: History, World War I

254 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 1991

About the author

Alan Sharp is Professor of International Studies and Provost of the Coleraine campus at the University of Ulster.

Reviews

[Legens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Engagingly written account of the Versailles negotiations which stresses the immense task the peacemakers faced in reconciling their various ideological and pragmatic goals.

[Альберто Лорэдо · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good work on telling the nitty-gritty details on what happened after the Great War in the different venues where negotiations where conducted. My takes are as follows:

1. F*ck Wilson
2. Too many things to cover by very little people. It shows clearly it was a monumental task that wasn't properly covered.
3. Foch's visions of the future: "this is not a peace but a 20-years armistice"

[Stuart Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

A detailed account of the discussions that resulted in the imperfect outcomes of World War I. Unlikely to appeal to casual readers.