A Perfidious Distortion of History:
the Versailles Peace Treaty and the success of the Nazis
A Perfidious Distortion of History:
the Versailles Peace Treaty and the success of the Nazis
Overview
An Irish Independent book of the year.
Did the Versailles Peace Treaty cause World War II?
The Versailles Peace Treaty — the pact that ended World War I between the German empire and the Allies — has long been regarded as one of the key causes of World War II. Its requirements for massive reparation payments, it is argued, crippled Germany’s economy, de-stabilised the country’s political life, and paved the way for Hitler.
Here, Jürgen Tampke disputes this commonplace view, suggesting that Germany got away with its responsibility for World War I, that the treaty was nowhere near as punitive as people think, and that the German hyper-inflation of the 1920s was a deliberate policy to minimise the cost of paying reparations.
This is a controversial and important work of revisionist history, which challenges one of the greatest misconceptions of our times.
Details
- Format
- Size
- Extent
- ISBN
- RRP
- Pub date
- Paperback
- 198mm x 129mm
- 336 pages
- 9781911617280
- GBP£9.99
- 8 March 2018
Awards
- Longlisted for the 2018 Australian Book Design Awards, Best Designed General Non-Fiction Book
Praise
‘In this highly readable account Jürgen Tampke tackles the much-debated and perennially fascinating question of whether the Treaty of Versailles caused the Second World War. He comes down firmly on the No side and produces a wealth of evidence and careful analysis to back his arguments. Anyone who is interested in what remains one of modern history’s most important debates will want to read this.’
