POL SCI 5 Lecture : Interwar Period .docx
Document Summary
Fought to do away with an older (used to call balance of power) order and establish a new one . So after the napoleonic wars, france is brought back into the pole: treaty of versailles- ended wwi, broke all of the rules of balance of power politics in the spirit of retribution. Losers of the war x get the chance to express their views at the paris peace. Legitimate meaning representative of the underlying power in europe. But us is not a member, including germany (because it lost the war and was vindictive) and su as well (b/c anti-communism: league- settled some small disputes but devastated in ethiopia and invasion of. German desire to pursue their rightful consistent with underlying power capability. Place in int"l politics: cordon sanitaire, versailles tried to set up a protective belt around the su in an attempt to protect.
