Title: Beyond the balance of power :
Authors: Jackson, Peter,
Date: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Physical description: xxi, 559 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: U
Abstract: A study of French foreign and security policy before, during, and after World War I, examining the interplay between two contending conceptions of security: one based on traditional practices of power politics and the other on internationalist doctrines that emerged in the late 19th century.
Contents: The sources of French security policy. The social dynamics of security policy making ; Two approaches to security -- War and the politics of national security, 1914-1918. The primacy of the balance of power, 1914-1916 ; The coming of a new world order, 1917 ; National deliverance and post-war planning -- Peace and security, 1918-1919. The political contexts of peacemaking, 1918-1919 ; Towards a post-war security order : the eastern settlement, economic security and the League of Nations ; The Rhineland settlement and the security of France -- Imposing security. Post-war dilemmas : enforcement or engagement? ; Briand and the emergence of a multilateral alternative, 1921 ; The politics of confrontation -- The Cartel des gauches and the 'internationalisation of security'. A new approach : arbitration, security, disarmament ; Locarno.
Subject headings (LCSH): France--Foreign relations--1870-1940.; France--Foreign relations--1914-1940.; France--Military policy--History--20th century.; France--Politics and government--1870-1940.; France--Politics and government--1914-1940.; National security--France--History--19th century.; National security--France--History--20th century.; World War, 1914-1918--France.; World War, 1914-1918--Influence.