Marshal Ferdinand Foch versus Georges Clemenceau in 1919
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12309094 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Greenhalgh (0000-0002-7054-0382, University of New South Wales Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 458-497 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | War in History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-3445 • E-ISSN: 1477-0385 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0968344516640827 |
| OpenAlex | W2608062811 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article defends Marshal Ferdinand Foch against historian J.C. King’s harsh verdict that Foch had caused a political crisis in 1919 with his dispute with the French premier, Georges Clemenceau, during the negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles. After placing civil–military relations in France into a wide chronological and national context, the relative contributions of Foch and Clemenceau to the treaty negotiations and the stages of their quarrel are assessed and the degree of danger to the French polity is evaluated. Finally the reasons for the surprising persistence into recent times both of King’s verdict and of the concept of complete civilian control over the military are weighed
Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Polity · Treaty · Verdict · European Political History Analysis · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |