Episode 114 - Spirit of Locarno

In contrast to the Genoa Conference failing because it tried to do too much, the Locarno Treaties had much more success due to keeping its ambitions manageable. And those ambitions were to guarantee peace in Western Europe, as opposed to the world. Still, diplomacy being what it was in the 20s, there was still plenty keeping the Great Powers from achieving something that could last.    Bibliography for this episode:    Jacobson, Jon Locarno Diplomacy: Germany and the West, 1925-1929 Princeton University Press 1972   Questions? Comments? Email me at [email protected]