The Great Interwar Crisis and the Collapse of Globalization

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
1.1 Introduction......Page 36
1.2 Britain and the deceptions of war......Page 37
1.3 France: Between realism and hope......Page 45
1.4 The United States: Returning from the crusade......Page 48
1.5 Clemenceau, Foch and French postwar security......Page 52
1.6 The preliminary peace conference and the League of Nations......Page 56
1.7 Security in the East......Page 61
1.8 Stability in the West......Page 68
1.9 Reparations, war debts and financial reconstruction......Page 75
1.10 The beginning of appeasement......Page 79
1.11 Security unravelled......Page 82
2.1 Introduction......Page 90
2.2 The persistence of isolationism in postwar United States......Page 91
2.3 Postwar Britain: Internationalism and isolationism......Page 98
2.4 Postwar France: Liberty, normality, insecurity......Page 104
2.5 The breakdown of the Franco-British Entente......Page 107
2.6 The Ruhr crisis and international security......Page 132
2.7 Conclusion......Page 147
3.1 Introduction......Page 155
3.2 British economic ambitions and the limits of leadership......Page 156
3.3 France, economic leadership and security: Monetary and financial relations......Page 166
3.4 France, economic leadership and security: Commercial relations......Page 178
3.5 The impact of American economic expansion......Page 191
3.6 The search for a 'third way' in international economic relations......Page 202
3.7 Conclusion......Page 215
4.1 Introduction......Page 218
4.2 Bankers and the crisis......Page 220
4.3 The contest over reparations......Page 235
4.4 Herbert Hoover: Aggressive isolationist......Page 243
4.5 The Wall Street Crash......Page 250
4.6 Conclusion......Page 256
5.1 Introduction......Page 260
5.2 French reactions to the dual crisis, September 1929–May 1930......Page 262
5.3 Britain's initial response to the dual crisis, June 1929 to July 1930......Page 271
5.4 Missed opportunities for international monetary reform, 1929–31......Page 285
5.5 The Austro-German customs union crisis and the future of Europe......Page 294
5.6 Conclusion......Page 305
6.1 Introduction......Page 311
6.2 Financial crisis in Central Europe and the divided creditor powers......Page 312
6.3 The contagion spreads to Germany......Page 317
6.4 The sterling crisis......Page 327
6.5 Crossing the Rubicon: Britain and the adoption of Imperial protectionism......Page 336
6.6 New challenges to the postwar security framework......Page 342
6.7 Conclusion......Page 354
7.1 Introduction......Page 358
7.2 Disarmament and the European balance of power, February 1932–April 1934......Page 359
7.3 Reparations and international security, January–July 1932......Page 366
7.4 The failure of the regional projects......Page 378
7.5 The climax of American isolationism......Page 397
7.6 France: Depressed, disarmed, demoralized, 1932–4......Page 412
7.7 Conclusion......Page 434
8.1 Towards a new history of the interwar period......Page 438
8.2 Since the great interwar crisis......Page 452
Notes......Page 463
Bibliography......Page 566
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