Overview
Strange Allies is based upon extensive research in British and French archives, as well as in the archives of the League of Nations in Geneva. The book's focus on 1929-31 in particular makes a major contribution to the international history of the interwar period by re-examining the security and strategic policies of the second Labour government in Britain and of foreign minister Aristide Briand in the post-Locarno years in France. For 1931-33, the book looks at the impact of the great financial and economic crisis of 1931 on security and disarmament planning in Britain and France. It then considers the impact of the Anglo-French relationship on the instability of Europe and on the failure of the World Disarmament Conference--
- | Author: Andrew Webster
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Jul 19, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 386 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1138019348
- | ISBN-13: 9781138019348
