Betrayal in Paris
Subtitle: How the Treaty of Versailles Led to China's Long Revolution
Publisher: Penguin Group (China)
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780143800354
Subjects: World war, 1914-1918, treaties; Treaty of versailles (1919)
Description: At the conclusion of 'the war to end war', the victorious powers set about redesigning the world map at the Paris Peace Conference. for China, Versailles presented an opportunity to regain territory lost to Japan at the start of the war. Yet, despite early encouragement from the world's superpowers, the country was to be severely disappointed, an outcome whose consequences can still be felt today.