The Legacy of the Treaty of Versailles
With Michael Neiberg
Hosted by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson
Signed on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad and destined to fall short of ensuring lasting peace. At the time, observers read the treaty through competing lenses: a desire for peace after five years of disastrous war, demands for vengeance against Germany, the uncertain future of colonialism, and, most alarmingly, the emerging threat of Bolshevism. More than a century after its signing, we can look back at how those developments evolved through the twentieth century, evaluating the treaty and its consequences with unprecedented depth of perspective. In today's show, Michael Neiberg will talk about the Treaty, and it's impact on the inter-war period and how it inadvertently led to the World War II.
Michael Neiberg is the Chair of War Studies at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he teaches history, strategy, and regional studies.
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The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise History by Michael S Neiberg
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