The forgotten appeasement of 1920 : Lloyd-George, Lenin and Poland /: Lloyd-George, Lenin and Poland. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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