A study of French policies in Central Europe from Versailles until the fall of France.

Dr. Nicole Jordan is an artist of the world: A Canadian born in Trinidad and Tobago, educated in England, she is a vocalist, writer, academic, and musician now based between Nova Scotia, Canada and Rotterdam in The Netherlands. She has performed internationally as an opera singer and chamber musician and created and performed in many new music and theatre productions. She has recorded several albums, most recently, the acclaimed Jab Jab with The Dr. Jordan Institute (2019) which blends Afro-Caribbean, classical, and electronic music. Selected as a Spotlight Artist by the Dutch Performing Arts society, Nicole's creative work often calls upon her Caribbean heritage and spirituality placed in contrast with her experiences of life in Canada and Europe. Her first book of poetry, '89' (2018) speaks to her diverse experiences and in 2017 she performed her one-woman show, Goddess of the Wind for the Nassau Music Society about her encounters with the Orisha religion. A versatile vocalist, Nicole explores the boundaries of her instrument with techniques ranging from coloratura soprano to spoken word. She has been called a 'singer-scholar' and holds a PhD in Music Psychology/Performance Studies from the University of Sheffield, UK. She spends her time creating in Canada and as an academic advisor and supervisor at the Codarts Conservatory of Music and the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Netherlands.

List of maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The diplomats, the formation of the eastern alliance system and arms limitation, 1918-1935; 2. The military, the Rhineland and the eastern alliances, 1918-1936; 3. Blum and the quandaries of external economic policy: the Schacht voyage; 4. Blum and the military: the Franco-Polish arms; 5. Blum and the diplomats: the Franco-Petite Entente negotiations, I; 6. Blum and the diplomats: the Franco-Petite Entente negotiations, II; 7. The great eastern crises, 1938-1939, and the fall of France; Summary and epilogue: Léon Blum and Czechoslovakia in 1938; Bibliography; Index.