A great historical epic about the origins of today's world order. The Treaty of Versailles and the Paris Peace Conference left a mark on the world to this day - old empires disappeared, new states were born, but also new conflicts flared up, which still haunt us, whether in the Balkans or the Middle East. In his exquisitely written and meticulously researched book, renowned historian Eckart Conze shows why all the hopes associated with the Treaty of Versailles turned out to be a great illusion - and what this means for our present. "What Versailles can still - and again - tell us after a hundred years, you will find out in this book."