The literature on German foreign policy between the two World Wars is even more extensive than it was when the first edition of this book was published in 1977. This text makes use of the increase in available literature, analyzing the interwar period as a whole from the German perspective.

E.H. Carr's Twenty Years' Crisis is a classic work in International Relations. Published in 1939, on the eve of World War II, it was immediately recognized by friend and foe alike as a defining work in the fledgling discipline. The author was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century. The issues and themes he develops in this book continue to have relevance to modern day concerns with power and its distribution in the international system. Michael Cox's critical introduction provides the reader with background information about the author, the context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance. Written with the student in mind, it offers a guide to understanding a complex, but crucial text.

The problems of peacemaking, by A.J. Mayer.--Russo-German military collaboration during the Weimar Republic, by H.W. Gatzke.--Stresemann and Locarno, by A. Thimme.--The German-Austrian customs union project of 1931: a study of German methods and motives, by F.G. Stambrook, --Great Britain, German rearmament, and the Naval Agreement of 1935, by C. Bloch.--The Hoare-Laval plan: a study in international politics, by H.B. Braddick.--March 7, 1936, again: the view from Paris, by J.C. Cairns.--Czechoslovakia and the powers, September 1938, by D. Vital.--Hitler and the origins of the Second World War, by A. Bullock.--Bibliographical essay (p. 247-262).

"First edition 1939. Second edition 1946."