Historians Verdict on the Treaty of Versailles
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Anthony Wood , Europe 1815-1960 (1986)

The fundamental significance of Versailles was emotional rather then rational. Allied statesmen, urged on by the pressure of public opinion, have made peace in spirit of revenge and not to guarantee national security.

Lentin, Guilt At Versailles (1984)

The  Treaty of Versailles should have made the victors either to conciliate the enemy or destroy them. The Treaty of Versailles did neither. It did not pacify Germany, still less permanently weaken her, appearances notwithstanding, but left here scourged, humiliated and resentful.

William Carr, A History Of Germany 1815-1945 (1985)

Severe as the Treaty of Versailles seemed to many Germans, it should be remembered that Germany might easily have feared much worse. If Clemencau had had his way instead of being restrained by Britain and America the treaty could have been much worst for Germany.

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1. Background of the League of Nations
2. Historians Verdict on the Treaty of Versailles
3. The Achievements and Weaknesses of the Leage of Nations
4. The Peace Settlement’s After World War One
5. The positions of various countries on peace negotiations
6. The Treaty of Versailles

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