Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Trade
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780375760525ISBN:0375760520
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Very clean interior, wrinkles in front cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 624 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780375760525ISBN:0375760520
Description: Very Good + Trade paperback, later printing, 570 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations; ink gift inscription, tiny traces of shelf wear, otherwise unread condition. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780375760525ISBN:0375760520
Description: As New. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" tall, Trade paperback. Light tanning to edges. Appears unread. 570 pages including Appendix, Bibliography, Notes and Index, b/w photos. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375508264ISBN:0375508260
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very Good+/Very Good+; very large hardcover (570 pp. ); black boards, as-new text block. Price-clipped pictorial dj. Harrative history of the Paris Peace Conference, giving an absorbing view of those dramatic and fateful days. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. Stated Randon House Trade Paperback Edition (2003). No marks/underlines/highlights. Pages are clean and tight. Has inscription on dedication page. Creases on spine. Minor shelfwear. Free deliver confirmation. Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Random House, 2002. 3rd Printing. Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Light shelf wear to Jacket. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2002-10-29
ISBN-13:9780375508264ISBN:0375508260
Description: Very Good. 2002 hardcover, STATED 1ST U.S. EDITION, no dust jacket, no marks noted in or on book, All of our products are cleaned with an disinfectant for your protection before shipping. read more
Edition: Audio Book edition
Binding: Audiobook (cassette)
Publisher: Recorded Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781402556500ISBN:1402556500
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Former public library copy with library stamps/stickers. In plastic hardshell case. Unabridged; 18 tapes; 26 hours; narrated by Suzanne Toren.; read more
Description: Fine. 0375508260 SIGNED by the AUTHOR ~ Very Gently Used Hardcover ~ Slightest shelf-wear ~ PRISTINE text ~ all books carefully examined & well packaged. read more
Edition: 6th Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375760525ISBN:0375760520
Description: Very Good. Signed by Author. 0375760520 SIGNED by Macmillan. read more
Edition: First US Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375508264ISBN:0375508260
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0375508260. New; 2002 stated first U. S. Edition, first printing hardcover and dust jacket in fine condition. Book is unread. Dust jacket has tiny crease on back. Protective mylar cover. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Pen Hessell Tiltman Prize, and the Duff Cooper Prize.; 1.89 x 9.48 x 6.6 Inches; 608 pages. read more
Edition: Audio Book edition
Binding: Audiobook (cassette)
Publisher: Recorded Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781402556500ISBN:1402556500
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Former public library copy with library stamps/stickers. In plastic hardshell case. Tapes, storage case in good condition. Storage case clear laminate has a small cut, otherwise case great. Unabridged; 18 tapes; 26 hours; narrated by Suzanne Toren.; read more
"If you want know how the Middle East got to be how it is today - read this book. So many times in school - whether its high school, college...you see a map before a war, then there's the war - studied in some detail - and then a map after the war. This book does a great job of telling the "peace" process and how the winners and losers - and those with their hands out - come to the table and what they leave with. In the span of four years four empires died (German, Austria-Hungarian, Russian and Ottoman) and two were dying but couldn't admit it (British and French). We still hear the phrase "right to self determination" - this is where Wilson used it first. An eye-opener for those who wonder why borders look the way they do today all over the world."
"This book is an astonishing work of scholarship. It is quite readable and informative and explained for me, the basis of much of the mess and muddle Europe and the middle east have been in over the past ninety years. Probably more detail than some readers will want, but it is a work of scholarship well footnoted, sourced and indexed. MacMillan tells us a lot of interesting personal things about the world leaders and what happened during that post WW1 period when people had the audacity to think they could fix the world. The book challenges the myth that the Versailles treaty with Germany sewed the seeds of WW II. It was likely a factor, but MacMillan points out that Germany was not defeated, and with Hitler in the wings, a second war was likely in the cards anyway. An interesting and informative read. Malcolm Watts Check out my writing website. www.authorsden.com/malcolmwatts"
"While perhaps a bit too long and at times dry, this book lays out what happened in the peace of 1919 and gives shape to WWII and the Yugoslavian conflict of the 1990's, as well as 20th century conflict in the Middle East.
The book looks at what each great power wanted as they carved up Europe and the outcomes these decisions had in central and Southern Europe, China, Turkey, the Middle East, etc.
One thing that I found fascinating are the similarities between the often unspoken ethnic cleansing and migrations that happened between say 1914 and 1950 in Europe and other more contemporary conflicts in Africa and the Middle East, as well as post colonial India/Pakistan. It turns out Europe was an ethnic jigsaw puzzle until the wars and redrawing of lines caused all sorts of migrations..."
"I took this book to the beach, which was a mistake. This is not a history to read while surrounded by conversation and general mayhem!!! I finished it when I returned from vacation in the quiet of my home. This history of the Versailles Treaty takes concentration and reflection as it outlines, in detail, the machinations of France, Britain, Italy (sporadic at best) and the United States, as they struggled to author a treaty which was impossible to create.
Countries and colonies were moved like chess pieces on a world map in an attempt to keep power concentrated with the major players, without regard to the citizens and ethnic groups of the defeated nations. Wilson's main concerns were the League of Nations and his Fourteen Points which skewed the negotiations. Clemenceau wanted revenge for the loss of life, property and honor. Orlando of Italy wanted ports on the Adriatic Sea, and the Welsh Wizard, David Lloyd George, wanted to keep the British Empire intact and protected.
Did this treaty contribute to the rise of the Nazi party and the Second World War? You make the call. Regardless of what you believe about that issue, this book will lay bare the internal (and infernal) workings of the infamous treaty. I highly recommend it."
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