The forgotten appeasement of 1920 : Lloyd-George, Lenin and Poland /: Lloyd-George, Lenin and Poland. (2023)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The forgotten appeasement of 1920 : Lloyd-George, Lenin and Poland /: Lloyd-George, Lenin and Poland. (2023)
- Main Title:
- The forgotten appeasement of 1920 : Lloyd-George, Lenin and Poland
- Uniform Title:
- Pierwsza zdrada Zachodu.
- Further Information:
- Note: Andrzej Nowak.
- Authors:
- Nowak, Andrzej, 1960-
- Contents:
- Part 1: The dream of an independent Poland and "concepts of the world" 1. Trouble with Polish independence 2. Limits to the power (and imagination) of the winners: a view from Versailles 3. Was Piłsudski a tool in French hands? France and Poland’s Eastern policy (January – April 1920) 4. Powerlessness: Washington respecting the Soviet Empire and the threat to Polish independence. Part 2: The Polish crisis: a short course 1. Between Lloyd George’s brand of peace and peace – Piłsudski style (January – April 1920) 2. The game for Ukraine (May 1920) 3. Toward the Curzon Line (June – July 1920) 4. The Politburo’s response (July 1920) 5. Peace at any price (to Poland) Part 3: How does the imperial brain work? 1. Balfour, or shunning chaos 2. Lewis Namier, or revenge on a map (of Poland) 3. Kerr and Hankey, the two secretaries 4. The right man in the wrong place: Horace Rumbold in Warsaw 5. Lloyd George and his powerless ministers Curzon and Churchill 6. The Vox Populi and its representatives 7. The brainstorm and its "appeasement" (June – August 1920) 8. Coda Part 4: Polish annexes and questions 1. Left hand side free: Piłsudski’s policy of appeasement 2. Questions about the Peace of Riga
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (408 pages), illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 943.804
Russo-Polish War, 1919-1920 -- Diplomatic history
Russo-Polish War, 1919-1920 -- Peace
International relations -- History -- 20th century
Poland -- Foreign relations -- 1918-1945
Poland -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Poland
Poland -- Foreign relations -- France
France -- Foreign relations -- Poland
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000876949
9781000876932 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781032434636
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.773203
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- 19_019.xml