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Lloyd George and the Lost Peace

From Versailles to Hitler, 1919-1940

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  • © 2001

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  1. Antony Lentin

    1. The Open University, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Enigma Variations: Lloyd George at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919

    • Antony Lentin
    Pages 1-22

  3. Reparations and Reputations: Lloyd George and Lord Cunliffe

    • Antony Lentin
    Pages 23-46

  4. The Treaty that Never Was: Lloyd George and the French Connection, 1919

    • Antony Lentin
    Pages 47-66

  5. The Worm in the Bud: ‘Appeasement’ at the Peace Conference

    • Antony Lentin
    Pages 67-88

  6. The Magic Mountain: Lloyd George and Hitler at the Berghof, 1936

    • Antony Lentin
    Pages 89-105

  7. ‘A Conference Now’: Lloyd George, Chamberlain and Churchill, 1939–40

    • Antony Lentin
    Pages 106-128

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 129-182
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About this book

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.

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'Professor Lentin's study covers not only Lloyd George's well-known involvement in the treaty of Versailles negotiations, but also the less well-documented part he attempted to play in the appeasement of Hitler. What shines through the study is the personality of Lloyd George himself, not only in enforcing his will on the other negotiators at Versailles, but in the fluency and persuasion wich were described by Hitler himself as 'psychological masterpieces in the art of influencing the masses'.' - Carolyn Kitching, The Historical Association

'...a delight to read...' - Michael Graham Fry, International History Review

'...a short, intelligent and stimulating study of Lloyd George's post-Versailles career...' - Sunday Telegraph

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Open University, UK

    Antony Lentin

About the author

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.

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