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- catalog abstract ""This book re-evaluates Lloyd George's part, crucial but enigmatic, in the 'lost peace' of Versailles. Each chapter examines a separate episode between 1919 and 1940. The first chapters review Lloyd George's protean role at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, his strategy of 'making Germany pay' and the part played in it by Lord Cunliffe, ex-Governor of the Bank of England; the causes and consequences of Lloyd George's abortive guarantee treaty to France; and the emergence at the conference of the phenomenon of 'Appeasement' - the 'worm in the bud'. The final chapters reassess the two episodes commonly considered most damaging to Lloyd George's reputation: his visit to Hitler in 1936 and his bids to halt World War II after the fall of Poland and France. The author sees Lloyd George as both mercurial and consistent: brilliant and volatile in method, but constant in his aim of furthering Britain's interests through his personal diplomacy."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12214604.
- catalog coverage "Europe Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations 1910-1936.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations 1936-1945.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations Europe.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Politics and government 1910-1936.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Politics and government 1936-1945.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""This book re-evaluates Lloyd George's part, crucial but enigmatic, in the 'lost peace' of Versailles. Each chapter examines a separate episode between 1919 and 1940. The first chapters review Lloyd George's protean role at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, his strategy of 'making Germany pay' and the part played in it by Lord Cunliffe, ex-Governor of the Bank of England; the causes and consequences of Lloyd George's abortive guarantee treaty to France; and the emergence at the conference of the phenomenon of 'Appeasement' - the 'worm in the bud'. The final chapters reassess the two episodes commonly considered most damaging to Lloyd George's reputation: his visit to Hitler in 1936 and his bids to halt World War II after the fall of Poland and France.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Machine generated contents note: 1 Enigma Variations: Lloyd George at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 1 -- 2 Reparations and Reputations: Lloyd George and Lord Cunliffe 23 -- 3 The Treaty that Never Was: Lloyd George and the French Connection, 1919 47 -- 4 The Worm in the Bud: 'Appeasement' at the Peace Conference 67 -- 5 The Magic Mountain: Lloyd George and Hitler at the Berghof, 1936 89 -- 6 'A Conference Now': Lloyd George, Chamberlain and Churchill, 1939-40 106.".
- catalog description "The author sees Lloyd George as both mercurial and consistent: brilliant and volatile in method, but constant in his aim of furthering Britain's interests through his personal diplomacy."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 182 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0333919610 (cloth)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave,".
- catalog spatial "Europe Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations 1910-1936.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations 1936-1945.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations Europe.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Politics and government 1910-1936.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Politics and government 1936-1945.".
- catalog subject "941.083/092 21".
- catalog subject "DA566.9.L5 L45 2001".
- catalog subject "Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945 Views on foreign relations.".
- catalog subject "Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945.".
- catalog subject "Treaty of Versailles (1919)".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Causes.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: 1 Enigma Variations: Lloyd George at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 1 -- 2 Reparations and Reputations: Lloyd George and Lord Cunliffe 23 -- 3 The Treaty that Never Was: Lloyd George and the French Connection, 1919 47 -- 4 The Worm in the Bud: 'Appeasement' at the Peace Conference 67 -- 5 The Magic Mountain: Lloyd George and Hitler at the Berghof, 1936 89 -- 6 'A Conference Now': Lloyd George, Chamberlain and Churchill, 1939-40 106.".
- catalog title "Lloyd George and the lost peace : from Versailles to Hitler, 1919-1940 / Antony Lentin.".
- catalog type "text".