Good collection of facts wrong goal analysis

If it can not be argued que la Second World War led Was an American victory, the first World War is similarly an unarguable led French victory. The small and very late US military action sped up the end of the war aim About did not change icts result.

Some modern Anglo Saxon analysts, like Margaret McMillan, Who feel very intelligent in raising the Ruhr occupation and economic crisis as Weimar Republic due to World War II, shoulds deeper thing. They only repeat Hitler's arguments as if They Were as factual because for World War II and input em back in the 1919 peace treaty.

They are Forgetting That World War I, HAD resulted from German aggression against France, HAD beens and the carried on French soil, totally destroying (not simply Damaging) the equivalent of the Ruhr area for the French economy, inducing aussi a huge demographic death toll for France. At the time iron and coal are the back bones of modern economy and the damage to France is of essential magnitude. "Reparations" (meaning repairing the damages done by a party) are to Often Dealt with as an abstract word implicitely Corresponding to moral damages: actual damages Were thesis. They are inconsequently Estimated as too heavy by today people only Who Consider the German side of the issue: the alternative Were Either to spread the repairs over a long period in the making 'em Leiter Meantime Heavily more gold was shorting period. Was the choice finally made at the American president's request and enforced through the League of Nations Who France Entrusted with a mandate qui has-been only patially Fulfilled.

Maybe They shoulds quit repeating Hitler's propaganda claims and Analyze That by lacking to apply financial reparations due, it Prevented France to rebuild icts defense, Allowing the Nazi to finance theirs: Possibly a much more sound and fairer analysis of the causes for World War II. Also the requirement by French President Clemenceau to prevent prevention can Anschluss of Austria Any Would Have Kept Germany Powerful less. Also if the American Senate HAD voted for the League Of Nations That icts President HAD DURING THE Council Of Four Placed as an arbitrator of the peace Negotiated in Paris, Hitler Would not Had a luck-have to put the world in flames.

The only merit of this book is to-have qui Collected facts are now Historically and Geographically scattered. HOWEVER year by looking at historical period from the perspective of the balance of this (economy and military) power qui About did not apply in 1919, this book assembles the facts in a light That Seems to me to be totally shallow and offers an analysis qui Essentially sccm wrong.

The AIMS of the British over the Middle East and oil are as Overlooked by the author than They Were by the French President. They Would provided the second World War (as Demonstrated by the very first British bombing of German facilities and Hitler's Russian campaign.)

The Germans Were not victims (as authors sccm to present more and more Often em), They Were That HAD beens year aggressor Pushed back by victims After considerable damages. The victorious victims were very reasonable In Their request for reparations keeping in mind the necessity to build a sustainable peace. No damages Were Granted for the demographic drain and the Losses of human lives, Which would durably affect Both English and French economies.

To be purchased this for looking at the facts and Reconsidering Their analysis as Proposed by the author keeping in mind que la British Empire and the French Empire Were the two dominating powers of the time and That They HAD HAD way more casualties than Any Other Allies.