French Foreign and Defence Policy, 1918-1940 by Robert Boyce - 9780415150392

Taylor & Francis

With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this book examines France's strategies for protection against Germany and appeasement during this period, and places interwar relations in a larger European context. > \nFrench Foreign and Defence Policy, 1918-1940 outlines France's strategies for protection and appeasement during this period and places interwar relations in a larger European context.\n This book examines:\n * relationships with key countries such as Italy and Russia\n * the significance of interwar France to 20th Century European integration\n * the historical context of the policies\n * the setbacks and defeats of the period and how they should be evaluated > Notes on contributors, List of abbreviations, Introduction, 1 France at the Paris Peace Conference: addressing the dilemmas of security, 2 France and the politics of steel, from the Treaty of Versailles to the International Steel Entente, 1919\u20131926, 3 Raymond Poincar\u00E9 and the Ruhr crisis, .