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Author Jackson, Peter, 1964- author.

Title Beyond the balance of power : France and the politics of national security in the era of the First World War / Peter Jackson
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 559 pages) : illustrations
Contents The sources of French security policy. The social dynamics of security policy making ; Two approaches to security -- War and the politics of national security, 1914-1918. The primacy of the balance of power, 1914-1916 ; The coming of a new world order, 1917 ; National deliverance and post-war planning -- Peace and security, 1918-1919. The political contexts of peacemaking, 1918-1919 ; Towards a post-war security order : the eastern settlement, economic security and the League of Nations ; The Rhineland settlement and the security of France -- Imposing security. Post-war dilemmas : enforcement or engagement? ; Briand and the emergence of a multilateral alternative, 1921 ; The politics of confrontation -- The Cartel des gauches and the 'internationalisation of security'. A new approach : arbitration, security, disarmament ; Locarno
Summary A major new study of French foreign and security policy before, during and after the First World War
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject National security -- France -- History -- 19th century
National security -- France -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Diplomatic relations
National security
Politics and government
SUBJECT France -- Foreign relations -- 1870-1940. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051246
France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051483
Subject France
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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