The Boston Globe, December 29th, 2002
IF YOU STUDIED World War I in high school, you almost certainly learned that the victors imposed a cruel, crushing settlement on Germany. The terms of the peace - especially, heavy reparation payments - strangled the German economy, fomented resentment, and laid the foundation for Hitler's rise. As The Economist put it a few years ago, the Treaty of Versailles was "the final crime" of World War I, and its "harsh terms would ensure a second war." But are the textbooks - and The Economist - correct? "There has been a real difference of opinion between those who do the research and the received w...
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