HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Dawes Plan
Document Summary
The search for security and stability, 1920- 32: part one. Withdrawal of american support distorted/undermined the peace settlement at paris in. 1 area which suffered most in america"s absence: strategic security, national security, France had made major concessions esp. in territorial demands on defeated germany, in return for an anglo-french guarantee of protection of future german aggression. Us" refusal to ratify meant that france could only look to britain for automatic military. French demanded that they don"t simply make an alliance against future threat, but that. Brit actively join france in defending the treaty of versailles as a whole against ger revisionists. The reparation & disarmament clause = most important to france to uphold. Early on, fr met a rebuff from london in the regard of upholding the treaty of versailles. Brits were not prepared to expend so much effort on behalf of the french. Briand (french foreign minister) = adamant in asking for british support; george told.
