From Versailles to Pearl Harbor The Origins of the Second World War

In 1941, the European war became a world war. This book tackles that process in its economic, political and ideological dimensions. Margaret Lamb and Nicholas Tarling explore the significance of the Asian factor and the importance of East Asia in the maki

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From Versailles to Pearl Harbor

The Origins of the Second World War in Europe and Asia

Margaret Lamb and Nicholas Tarling

# Margaret Lamb and Nicholas Tarling 2001 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2001 by PALGRAVE Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE is the new global academic imprint of St. Martin's Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd).

ISBN 978-0-333-73839-9 hardback ISBN 978-0-333-73840-5 ISBN 978-1-4039-3772-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4039-3772-8 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lamb, Margaret. From Versailles to Pearl Harbor: the origins of the Second World War in Europe and Asia / Margaret Lamb and Nicholas Tarling. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-333-73839-9 — ISBN 978-0-333-73840-5 (pbk.)

1. World War, 1939±1945ÐCauses. I. Title: Origins of World War 2 in Europe and Asia. II. Title: Origins of World War Two in Europe and Asia. III. Tarling, Nicholas. IV. Title. D741 .L32 2001 940.530 11Ðdc21 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01

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For Geoff Lamb

Contents

List of Maps

viii

Preface

ix

Introduction

x

Maps

xii

Chapter 1:

The First World War

1

Chapter 2:

The Peace Settlements

21

Chapter 3:

The Implementation of the Peace Settlements

45

Chapter 4:

The Depression

71

Chapter 5:

The End of Collective Security

92

Chapter 6:

Appeasement

112

Chapter 7:

The War of 1939

138

Chapter 8:

The War of 1941

160

Chapter 9:

Conclusions

182

Epilogue

194

Notes

201

Suggestions for Further Reading

221

Index

232

vii

List of Maps

1

Europe, 1921±35

xii

2

Europe, 1935±9

xiii

3

Japan and Manchuria

xiv

4

South-east Asia

x