- Publisher: Haus
- Year: 2010
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 224pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 198x128mm
- Condition: New - Very Good
- Weight: 0.4kg
- ISBN: 9781905791811
- Product code: 510792
Makers of the Modern World: Paul Hymans
New Hardback Illustrated
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During the war, the violation of Belgium’s neutrality made it the symbol of the rights of small states. The Peace Conference was the diplomatic debut for both Belgium and the outspoken Hymans, fighting for a voice amid the Great Powers. Slightly off-mint.
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On 4 February 1919 in the League of Nations Commission at the Paris Peace Conference, Paul Hymans resisted minimal representation of small states on the League Council by shouting at Lord Robert Cecil, What you propose is a revival of the Holy Alliance of unhallowed memory!' It was Hymans, above all, who struggled to give the small states at the Conference a voice, making himself deeply disliked in the process. He was was rewarded by becoming the League's first president. Belgium had suffered the greatest degree of devastation in the Great War. When the country was liberated and the Peace Conference was set up, it was determined to succeed in its claims for territory and reparations. Equally important was the need for security from larger nations' ambitions. Only some of these would be achieved at Versailles, leaving a lasting legacy which influenced the country's policy as the Second World War approached. Hymans instigated Belgium's transition from the status of sheltered child to full participation in much great-power diplomacy.
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During the war, the violation of Belgium’s neutrality made it the symbol of the rights of small states. The Peace Conference was the diplomatic debut for both Belgium and the outspoken Hymans, fighting for a voice amid the Great Powers. <i>Slightly off-mint.</i>
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Ed. Alan Sharp, Sally Marks
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198x128mm
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