Ruth Henig's fully revised and extended second edition of Versailles and After includes a new chapter on recent historiography of the subject and provides students with concise coverage of the following topics:

* the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
* the inadeqacies of the League of Nations as a supranational peacekeeping body
* why hopes of long term stability gradually faded.

This text presents a re-appraisal of Germany between the wars, examining the political, social and economic aims of the new democratic republic, its failure due to instability and lack of consensus; and how that led to Nazism and eventually World War II. The author includes: an examination of the legacy of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles; discussion of the early years of crisis culminating in the Ruhr Invasion and the Dawes Settlement; assessment of the leadership of Stresemann and Bruning; exploration of the circumstances leading to the rise of Hitler; analysis of economic, social...

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Origins of the Second World War analyses the reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War, one of the most controversial historical topics.

Ruth Henig's fully revised and extended second edition of Versailles and After includes a new chapter on recent historiography of the subject and provides students with concise coverage of the following topics:

* the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
* the inadeqacies of the League of Nations as a supranational peacekeeping body
* why hopes of long term stability gradually faded.

This book represents a much-needed reappraisal of Germany between the wars, examining the political, social and economic aims of the new republic, their failure and how they led to Nazism and eventually the Second World War. The author includes:
* an examination of the legacy of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles
* discussion of the early years of crisis culminating in the Ruhr Invasion and the Dawes Settlement
* assessment of the leadership of Stresemann and Bruning
* exploration of the circumstances leading to the rise of Hitler
* an outline of the...