Abstract
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | After the Versailles Treaty. Enforcement, Compliance, Contested Identities |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Pages | 81-96 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Feb 2009 |
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Keywords
- European history
- modern history
- military history
- naval history
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'The human price of reparations' in 'After the Versailles treaty. Enforcement, compliance, contested identities'. / Fischer, Conan; Fischer, Conan (Editor); Sharp, A. (Editor).
After the Versailles Treaty. Enforcement, Compliance, Contested Identities. London, 2009. p. 81-96.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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T1 - 'The human price of reparations' in 'After the Versailles treaty. Enforcement, compliance, contested identities'
AU - Fischer, Conan
A2 - Fischer, Conan
A2 - Sharp, A.
PY - 2009/2/19
Y1 - 2009/2/19
N2 - Post-1918 Germany was gripped by severe foof shortages that devastated the health of urban children in particular. German politicans and officials became increasingly convinced that a state of near famine and the accompanying scourges of social and political disorder could not be adequately addressed given the demands placed on public finances and the wider economy by the reparations regime. While the British reacted by counselling a moderation of the reparations regime, the French accused Germany of instrumentalizing domestic crisis to undermine reparations and thereby compromise the Versailles Settlement. French sanctions culminated in an invasion of the Ruhr District in January 1923, which served to create a devastating famine in the region and to intensify popular antipathy in Germany to the reparations regime. The article concludes by considering briefly links between the perceived perfidy of reparations and the subsequent resonance of Nazi ideology and policy.
AB - Post-1918 Germany was gripped by severe foof shortages that devastated the health of urban children in particular. German politicans and officials became increasingly convinced that a state of near famine and the accompanying scourges of social and political disorder could not be adequately addressed given the demands placed on public finances and the wider economy by the reparations regime. While the British reacted by counselling a moderation of the reparations regime, the French accused Germany of instrumentalizing domestic crisis to undermine reparations and thereby compromise the Versailles Settlement. French sanctions culminated in an invasion of the Ruhr District in January 1923, which served to create a devastating famine in the region and to intensify popular antipathy in Germany to the reparations regime. The article concludes by considering briefly links between the perceived perfidy of reparations and the subsequent resonance of Nazi ideology and policy.
KW - European history
KW - modern history
KW - military history
KW - naval history
UR - http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415494960/
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-0-415-49496-0
SP - 81
EP - 96
BT - After the Versailles Treaty. Enforcement, Compliance, Contested Identities
CY - London
ER -