The forgotten appeasement of 1920 Lloyd George, Lenin and Poland / Andrzej Nowak ; translated by Teresa Ba¿¿uk-Ulewiczowa, W¿¿adys¿¿aw Ch¿¿opicki, Maria Kantor, Marta Kapera, and Piotr Pie¿¿kowski.
| Author/creator | Nowak, Andrzej, 1960- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Pierwsza zdrada Zachodu. English |
| Series | The Routledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe |
| Contents | Trouble with Polish independence -- Limits to the power (and imagination) of the winners : a view from Versailles -- Was Pi¿¿sudski a tool in French hands? France and Poland's Eastern policy (January - April 1920) -- Powerlessness : Washington respecting the Soviet Empire and the threat to Polish independence -- Between Lloyd George's brand of peace and peace - Pi¿¿sudski style (January - April 1920) -- The game for Ukraine (May 1920) -- Toward the Curzon Line (June - July 1920) -- The Politburo's response (July 1920) -- Peace at any price (to Poland) -- Balfour, or shunning chaos -- Lewis Namier, or revenge on a map (of Poland) -- Kerr and Hankey, the two secretaries -- The right man in the wrong place : Horace Rumbold in Warsaw -- Lloyd George and his powerless ministers Curzon and Churchill -- The Vox Populi and its representatives -- The brainstorm and its "appeasement" (June - August 1920) -- Coda -- Left hand side free : Pi¿¿sudski's policy of appeasement -- Questions about the Peace of Riga. |
| Abstract | "The Forgotten Appeasement of 1920 examines a turning point in East European history: the summer of 1920, when Lenin's Soviet Russia decided to challenge the Versailles system and launch a military attack on the continent. The outcome of this attack might have been the occupation of all of Poland and East Central Europe, and a Red Army sweep further west. This book probes the British-Soviet negotiations and diplomatic operations behind the scenes. Professor Nowak uses hitherto unexamined documents from Russian and British archives to show how (and why) top British politicians were ready to accept a new Russian imperial control over the whole of Eastern Europe. Nowak unravels this previously untold story of that first and forgotten appeasement, stopped only by the Polish military victory over the Red Army. His excellent historical craftsmanship and new sources contribute to the book's quality, filling up a lacuna in contemporary historiography. This book will appeal to researchers of geopolitical affairs and the Great Powers, the history of Poland, and the political mentality of Western elites. It will also be of interest to university students and tutors, scholars of history and international relations and - thanks to the book's brisk and fascinating narrative - amateur historians and history aficionados"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | In English, translated from the original Polish. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Nowak, Andrzej, 1960- Forgotten appeasement of 1920 London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 9781032434636 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022056104 |
| ISBN | 9781000876949 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781003367444 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |