Losing the peace failed settlements and the road to war - Hughes, Matthew 1965- (History Press, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-235)
Introduction: Does peace lead to war? -- Europe: The Treaty of Frankfurt and the origins of the Franco-German antagonism, 1870-1915 ; The Treaty of Versailles and the origins of the Second World War ; From the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to the Potsdam Conference: the origins of the Cold War -- The Near East: The First World War and the Turkish peace settlement: from Mudros to Sèvres to Lausanne, 1918-23 ; An elusive peace settlement to Palestine: The Peace Talks following the 1948-9 Arab-Israel War -- The Far East: The Yalta Accords and the origins of the Chinese Revolutionary Civil War, 1946-9 ; The peace settlement in Korea and the origins of the Korean War, 1945-50 ; The Geneva Conference of 1954 and the Second Indochina War -- Conclusion: War and peace, a symbiotic relationship?
Keywords: Geschichte 1870-1975; War / Causes; Peace; Friedensvertrag; Kriegsursache