Lloyd George and the Lost Peace: From Versailles to Hitler, 1919-1940 - Hardcover

by A. Lentin (Author)

This lively and original book critically re-examines Lloyd George's part, crucial but enigmatic, in the 'lost peace' of Versailles, 1919-1940. In a re-examination of six key episodes 1919-1940, it reviews his protean role at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919, his strategy on reparations, his abortive guarantee-treaty to France, and the emergence at the Conference of 'Appeasement'. It then reassesses his controversial visit to Hitler, and his bids to halt World War II after the fall of Poland and France.

Author Biography

ANTONY LENTIN is a Professor at The Open University, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society a former Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge and a Barrister. He is the author of Guilt at Versailles: Lloyd George and the Pre-History of Appeasement.