Table of Contents

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xv*Background: The French System, pg. 1*Chapter One. The Shadow of Locarno, pg. 19*Chapter Two. The Turbulent Year 1926, pg. 47*Chapter Three. Eastern or Central European Locarno, pg. 73*Chapter Four. Toward the Evacuation of the Rhineland, pg. 106*Chapter Five. The End of an Era, pg. 133*Chapter Six. Revisionism and Briand's European Union, pg. 163*Chapter Seven. Austro-German Union and Financial Diplomacy, pg. 192*Chapter Eight. French Initiatives and Failures, pg. 222*Chapter Nine. A Dilemma: The Four Power Pact, pg. 259*Chapter Ten. At Crossroads, The German Polish Declaration of Nonaggression, pg. 300*Chapter Eleven. Louis Barthou and His Diplomacy, pg. 336*Chapter Twelve. Fronts or [yen]aqades}, pg. 371*Chapter Thirteen. The Test of 7 March, pg. 410*Appraisal: A Pattern of Relations, pg. 448*Appendix I, pg. 479*Bibliography, pg. 491*Index, pg. 523

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"This book is an important and original study of European international history in the years leading to World War II."—Victor S. Mamatey, Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia