| France''s Rhineland Policy, 1914-1924: The Last Bid for a Balance of Power in Europe: The Last Bid for a Balance of Power in Europe Subjects: France -- Foreign relations -- Germany; Germany -- Foreign relations -- France; France -- Polities and government -- 1914-1940; Walter McDougall offers an original analysis of Versailles diplomacy from the standpoint of the power that had the most direct interest and took the first initiatives in the search for a solution to the German problem. |