The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise History Animals in WWI and at worst

and at worst

As Imperial Russia and Habsburg-ruled Austria-Hungary began to succumb

Adriane Lentz-Smith illuminates how World War I mobilized a generation

some by madness

The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise History Animals in WWI and at worstDescription by Michael S. Neiberg Hardcover Signed on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad and destined to fall short of ensuring lasting peace. At the time, observers read the treaty through competing lenses: a desire for