HI109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Geopolitics, High Culture, Italian Irredentism
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The complexity of the treaty of versailles. The french have the greatest interest in punishing germany. The borderlands are picked away with the treaty. They will play into a larger narrative of the mistreatment of the settlement. France had lent it money but the communist government denied borrowing the money) Some of them don"t even think that another exists. These states are going to have a devastating impact on geopolitics. States less devastated economically (the war wasn"t fought on their lands): They are along in wanting to severely punish germany. In 1921 it starts making arrangements with poland. Americans push for this and the soviet union is cut out. The soviets at this time will be communist. The reality: it won"t do much to protect members. When ethiopia is invaded by italy they decide to turn a blind eye (because they want to do business with italy) even though ethiopia is a founding nation of the league.
