Alone of the countries that had entered the war against Germany, Russia was not invited to Paris. In this episode we discuss why. Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: http://buymeacoffee.com/greatwarSources:A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price we Pay Today by David A. AndelmanAnglo-French Negotiations over the Boundaries of Palestine, 1919-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.The Boundaries of Israel-Palestine Past, Present, and Future: A Critical Geographical View by Gideon BigerBritain and Airpower at Versailles, 1919-1920 by Peter V. JamesThe British Military Administration in Palestine 1917-1920 by John J. McTague Jr.Broken Promises of the Mandate: A Study of the Palestine Mandate Society and its Impact on the Proliferation of Zionism within Palestine and Great Britain by Brendon L. LarimoreCreating Nations, Establishing States: Ethno-Religious Heterogeneity and the British Creation of Iraq in 1919–23 by Guiditta FontanaOn the Economic Consequences of the Peace: Trade and Borders After Versailles by Nikolaus Wolf, Max-Stephan Schulze, and Hans-Christian HeinemeyerFrance and the Arab Middle East, 1914-1920 by Jan Karl TanenbaumMistakes and Myths: The Allies, Germany, and the Versailles Treaty, 1918–1921 by Sally MarksParis 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret Macmillan and Richard HolbrookePolitical Economics and the Weimar Disaster by Roger B. MyersonRussia and the Versailles Conference by George Kennan (1960)Syria and Mesopotamia in British Middle Eastern Policy in 1919 by John FisherThe imposed gift of Versailles:the fiscal effects of restricting the size of Germany’s armed forces,1924–9 by Max Hantke and Mark SpoererThe Myths of Reparations by Sally MarksThe Role of Illusion in the Making of the Versailles Treaty by Bonnie BakerUnconditional Acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles by the German Government, June 22-28, 1919 by Alma LuckauWilsonian Self-Determination and the Versailles Settlement by Anthony WhelanWoodrow Wilson's Health and the Treaty Fight, 1919-1920 by Lloyd E. AmbrosiusThe Zionist Debates on Partition (1919-1947) by Itzhak GalnoorThe Deluge: The Great War, America, and the Remaking of the Global Order by Adam ToozeA World Remade by G.J. MeyerRing of Steel by Alexander WatsonThe United States and Germany in the Aftermath of War: I-1918-1929 by Frank SpencerThe Legend of Versailles by Kenneth R. RossmanReconstructing the Countryside of the Eastern Somme after the Great War by Hugh CloutLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices