About the Book

The Locarno Conference of 1925 and the five treaties concluded there have been seen as the turning point of the interwar years, i.e., Germany's acceptance of the 1919 peace settlement and the beginning of a new era of peace. Studying the documentary evidence, much of it available only recently, Jon Jacobson explores the personalities and politics of Locarno and offers a historical interpretation and synthesis of a critical decade in European diplomacy. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents:
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Abbreviations and Designations, pg. 2*1. Stresemann and the Practice of German Revisionism, pg. 3*2. England Between Victor and Vanquished, pg. 12*3. The Security of France and Her Allies, pg. 26*4. Three Images of Locarno, pg. 35*1. Security, Disarmament, and the Rhineland before, pg. 47*2. The Locarno Bargain, October 5-December I, 1925, pg. 60*3. The League Council Crisis and the Beginning of Locarno Diplomacy, March 1926, pg. 68*4. The Military Occupation of Germany and the Treaty of Berlin, January-August 1926, pg. 76*5. Allied Withdrawal from the Rhine? The Thoiry Conversation, September-October 1926, pg. 84*6. Permanent Surveillance of Germany and the End of Military Control, November-December 1926, pg. 91*1. Briand's Retreat From Thoiry, December 1926-February 1927, pg. 101*2. French Rhine Policy In 1927: Occupation And Security, pg. 104*3. The Crisis Of Franco-German Relations And The Personal Estrangement Between Stresemann And Briand, March-May 192J, pg. 113*4. Chamberlain And The Entente: The Rhineland, Russia, And "The Anglo-French Thoiry" Of May 18, 192J, pg. 119*5. Germany Between East And West June 1927, pg. 128*1. The German Offensive on Evacuation: The Winter Debate, January-February 1928, pg. 143*2. Evacuation and Security, pg. 152*3. The Price of Freedom: Gilbert, Poincare, and the Origins of the Young Plan, January-April 1928, pg. 156*4. The Miiller Government and the Evacuation of Coblenz, April-July 1928, pg. 167*5. The End of Locarnite Collaboration? The German Denkschrift of July 20, 1928, pg. 175*1. The Disarmament Compromise and the Opening of the Rhineland Question, August-September 1928, pg. 187*2. The Entente and the Reparation Invoice October-November 13, 1928, pg. 207*3. Evacuation Without Compensation and the Surge of Anti-Locarno Feeling in Germany, November 13. December 1928, pg. 223*1. The Politics of Disappointment, January-April 1929, pg. 239*2. The Young Conference, February 11-April 17, 1929, pg. 250*3. Germany Accepts the Young Plan April 19-May 3, 1929, pg. 258*4. An Analysis of the Plan, pg. 272*1. A New Course for British Policy: The Second Labour Government, pg. 279*2. Stresemann and the Return of the Saar, pg. 287*3. French Military Security: The Commission of Verification, pg. 294*4. Financial Security for France: Ratification of the War Debt Agreements and Advance Reparation Payment, pg. 299*1. The Break in the Entente, August 6-11, pg. 309*2. The Locarno Powers Divided, August 13-21, pg. 318*3. The End of Control over the Demilitarized Zone, pg. 331*4. The Modification of the Young Plan, August 16-31, pg. 334*5. The Settlement of 1929, pg. 343*1. The End of an Era, pg. 353*2. The Legacy of 1929, pg. 359*3. The Locarno Era, pg. 366*Bibliography, pg. 389*Index, pg. 411