Alan Sharp

The Big Four: Peacemaking in Paris in 1919

Alan Sharp takes a fresh look at the statesmen responsible for the Treaty of Versailles

Published November 24 2009

Dreamland of the Armistice

Alan Sharp looks at the factors shaping national policies in the weeks preceding the Paris Peace Conference, when the failure of the victorious allies to agree on aims and a process for negotiations with the Germans resulted in a ‘tragedy of disappointment’.

Published October 15 2008