German Reparations, 1919 - 1932: A Historical Survey

How and why heavy reparations imposed on Germany by the victorious Allies, under Treaty of Versailles (1919), at the end of the First World War? And how did Germany end up paying no net reparations out of her own resources? This book provides the answers to these questions, by using a historical narrative to tell the story of interwar German reparations. Leonard Gomes examines the debates, controversies and diplomacy surrounding the issue from the 1919 Paris Peace Conference to the abandonment of reparations at the Lausanne Conference in 1932.

This up to date and highly accessible overview of the classical German reparations story will be useful reading for all interested in international relations, political history and economic history.