Good account of peace treaties drawn up after WW1. My biggest takeaway was that it wasn't because treaties were too harsh that Nazis came to power, but probably opposite. After all, the reparation that Germany had to pay was less than what they demanded of France after Franco-Prussian war. Would have been fair to demand a lot more, should have payed back with interest at very least, if not double. Look at what happened after WW2: very harsh terms for Germany and no  revanchism . Guess Keynes' book really influenced our views of the peace treaty.