Western Civilization II / Unit 14 WC2 1330 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Peace That Settled Nothing
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The idea
The treaty punished Germany without disabling it, and Germans felt wronged twice, by the stab in the back and by the indemnity. Keynes called it a Carthaginian peace; historians dispute its harshness. The anchor's judgment: the causes of nineteen fourteen were worsened, not resolved.
In practice
A second Great War within twenty years, unimaginable then.
Where people slip
The harshness verdict is contested and attributed.
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