Origins of World War II

Keith Eubank is Professor of History Emeritus, Queens College, City University of New York. A graduate of Hampden-Sydney College, he holds graduate degrees from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. Among the books he has written and edited are Paul Cambon: Master Diplomatist; Munich; The Summit Conferences, 1919-1960; The Road to World War II: A Documentary History; Summit at Teheran: The Untold Story; The Bomb; and The Cuban Missile Crisis. He is the co-author of Survey of Historic Costume and series editor of Harlan Davidson’s The European History Series.

• Preface to the Third Edition ix1. "PEACE," 1918-1933 1November 11, 1918 1The Treaty of Versailles 3The League of Nations 13French "Security" 16German "Good Faith" 19Economic Crisis 222. The Uneasy Peace, 1933-1935 25Adolf Hitler 25Rearmament and Disarmament 31The Four-Power Pact 34The Dollfuss Affair 35Germany's Military Renaissance 36The Franco-Soviet Pact 40The Anglo-German Naval Agreement 433. Years of Crisis, 1935-1938 47Mussolini and Ethiopia 47Hitler in the Rhineland 56The Popular Front and the Spanish Civil War 67Appeasement and Appeasers 724. The Road to War, 1938 80The Reichschancellery Meeting 80The Anschluss 84Crisis in Czechoslovakia 96The Munich Conference 113The End of Czechoslovakia 1205. War, 1939 128Danzig 128Appeasement Fails 140Conclusion 168Bibliographical Essay 175Index 191MapsGerman Territorial Losses in Central Europe, 1919 5Nazi Aggression in Central Europe, 1933-1939 108