The Cuno Government and Reparations 1922–1923 Politics and Economics
When the First World War ended, the political and economic system of prewar Europe lay in ruins. Though Allied politicians tried at various post war conferences to create a new and stable European order they failed because of conflicting and competing national interests. The peace settle ments nei...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1979, 1979
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1979 |
| Series: | Studies in Contemporary History
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: International Aspects of Reparations 1919–1922
- I. The Formation of the Cuno Government
- II. German Industry and Reparations
- 1. The Rdl Program of 1922
- 2. German Feelers in Paris
- 3. The London Conference
- 4. The Reparation Commission before the Occupation
- 5. Cuno and Industry
- 6. The Proposal for a Non-Aggression Pact
- 7. The German Offer and the Allied Meeting
- III. France before the Occupation
- 1. French Preparations for Occupation
- 2. The Ruhr Committee
- 3. French Strategies at the End of 1922
- IV. Problems of Passive Resistance
- 1. Reactions to the Occupation
- 2. The Organization of Resistance
- 3. Preliminary “Stabilization” of the Currency
- 4. The Economic War 1923
- 5. British and American Attitudes
- 6. French Reactions to Passive Resistance
- V. Diplomatic Interludes
- 1. German Feelers in Washington and London
- 2. The Loucheur Mission
- 3. Parliamentary Discussions in Germany
- 4. The Meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce in Rome
- 5. Private Initiatives of German Industry
- 6. Preparations for the German Note of May 2
- 7. New Reparation Plans
- 8. John F. Dulles as Mediator
- VI. Financial Chaos and the Resignation of Cuno
- 1. Party Attitudes towards Taxation
- 2. Financial Alternatives in the Summer of 1923
- 3. Stabilization Plans
- 4. The Resignation of the Cabinet
- VII. The Return of Coalition Diplomacy
- 1. British Preparations
- 2. The New Opponents: Stresemann and Poincaré
- 3. The Creation of the Dawes Committee
- 4. The End of Coercion
- Conclusions