Monday, February 8, 2010
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles is the perfect example of a compromise. Like any major compromise in history, everyone loses. The biggest loser was Germany, whose economy and army was practically destroyed. Of course, because the allied nations were the creators of this treaty, the advantage was in their favor. However, the main objective was to promote peace around the world. There wasn't necessarily peace throughout the world, but from an official, legal standpoint, the war was over. There was a slight backfire with the Treaty, that lead to some countries, particularly Germany, creating grudges against others. The effects of this were shown in later years, and were definitely partially responsible for WWII.
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I liked your point about how the treaty completely backfired. It's true that, after a total world war, total world peace is pretty much impossible. Even with an official treaty like the Treaty of Versailles, the best it could have done was keep all the countries at bay. In this case however, it made everything worse.
ReplyDeleteI think your point and Natalie's points are very true. After such a large scale war as World War 1, there can be no real peace for a long time. The losing countries are merely suppressed, not truely at peace with the victors. I think this is an important thing to recognize because, as you said, the losing countries can become restenful of the victors and create even more conflict in the future.
ReplyDeleteYour statement about everyone losing in a compromise is very bold, and certainly very controversial, but controversial blog posts are the best kind, and you certainly did a good job showing the losses due to the Treaty.
ReplyDeleteA compromise is supposed to b pretty even. If one side gets a lot more than the other, then it is not a compromise. But I do agree with you that most "compromises" in history have been one sided.
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