This book, first published in 1963, discusses the events of the Paris Peace Conference- the meeting of Allied victors following the end of World War I to set peace terms. Lord Hankey discusses the political and military terms and issues, as well as those of individual countries. This book is ideal for students of modern history.

"Most people know what happened at the famous Peace Conference in 1919 which finally put an end to the First World War and some of them are still arguing about the settlement it made. But what very few know is how it was 'organized' so that it could do the work which had fallen to it and become capable of taking those vital decisions whose effects we still feel today. It is to this task that Lord Hankey devotes this book as is right and proper, for no one had more to do with its organization than he."--Book Jacket.

"Most people know what happened at the famous Peace Conference in 1919 which finally put an end to the First World War and some of them are still arguing about the settlement it made. But what very few know is how it was 'organized' so that it could do the work which had fallen to it and become capable of taking those vital decisions whose effects we still feel today. It is to this task that Lord Hankey devotes this book as is right and proper, for no one had more to do with its organization than he."--Book Jacket.