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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : O'Connell, Vincent (19..-.... ; historien)
Titre(s) : The annexation of Eupen-Malmedy [Texte imprimé] : becoming Belgian, 1919-1929 / Vincent O'Connell
Publication : 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-316 pages) : maps (some color) ; 22 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-311) and index
"This book examines the history of Belgium's annexation of the former German territories
of Eupen and Malmedy during the interwar period. Focusing on Herman Baltia's transitory
regime and Belgium's ambivalence about the fate of its new territories, the book charts
the strained relations between Baltia's regime and Brussels, the regime's path to
dissolution, and the failed retrocession of the territory to Germany. Through close
analysis of primary source material, Vincent O'Connell investigates the efforts of
Baltia's provisional government to assimilate the region's inhabitants into Belgium.
The ultimate failure of that assimilation, he argues, may be traced back not only
to incessant pro-German agitation, but to flawed Belgian policy from the outset. Framed
in the context of a post-Versailles Europe, the book offers an interesting case study
not only of the ebbs and flows of international politics across the frontier zones
of Europe in the interwar years, but of how populations react to changes in national
sovereignty"--Back cover
Sujet(s) : Relations extérieures -- Allemagne -- Belgique -- 1900-1945
Relations extérieures -- Belgique -- Allemagne -- 1900-1945
Eupen-Malmédy-Saint-Vith (Belgique ; région) -- 1919 (Annexion à la Belgique)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781137590893. - ISBN 1137590890. - ISBN 9781349952953 (erroné). - ISBN 1349952958
(erroné). - ISBN 9781137590893 (hbk.). - ISBN 9781349952953 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb454548529
Notice n° :
FRBNF45454852
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. Introduction -- ; 2. On the threshold of transition: Eupen-Malmedy in 1919 -- between
occupation and annexation -- ; 3. 'Sounding them out' Herman Baltia and the installation
of the Eupen-Malmedy government -- ; 4. Farce and tragedy in Eupen-Malmedy: the public
expression of opinion and its discontents -- ; 5. 'Making good Belgians': political
incorporation and national assimiliation 1920-1925 -- ; 6. 'Road to abandonment':Belgium's
approach to Eupen-Malmedy, 1925-1929 -- ; Conclusion.
