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The Treaties of Sèvres and Lausanne - Case Studies of Diplomatic Nonsense
Thursday, February 20, 2020
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Wilton Library
Brubeck Room
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Please join us for the next and last historical lecture in our series about World War One and its aftermath presented by Wilton resident Jean-Pierre Lavielle: The Treaties of Sèvres and Lausanne - Case Studies of Diplomatic Nonsense.
Register online or call 203-762-6334.
Ninety-nine years ago, on August 10, 1920, European diplomats representing the Allied powers gathered at a porcelain factory in the Paris suburb of Sèvres and signed a treaty to reshape the Middle East from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. The plan collapsed so quickly that we barely remember it anymore, but the short-lived Treaty of Sèvres casts a very long shadow since it explains the current explosive situation of the Middle East. The new Turkish nationalist regime rejected the Treaty of Sèvres which was then replaced by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. Both treaties were case studies of diplomatic nonsense.
Register online or call 203-762-6334.
Ninety-nine years ago, on August 10, 1920, European diplomats representing the Allied powers gathered at a porcelain factory in the Paris suburb of Sèvres and signed a treaty to reshape the Middle East from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. The plan collapsed so quickly that we barely remember it anymore, but the short-lived Treaty of Sèvres casts a very long shadow since it explains the current explosive situation of the Middle East. The new Turkish nationalist regime rejected the Treaty of Sèvres which was then replaced by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. Both treaties were case studies of diplomatic nonsense.
Jean-Pierre moved from Paris to Wilton with his wife Gail in 2002. Jean-Pierre studied philosophy and law in France at the University of Bordeaux with further legal studies at New York University’s Law School. For about 40 years, he was an attorney specializing in international taxation. He retired at the end of 2018. He is now a non-academic historian. Among various projects, he is studying the American war correspondents during World War One as well as the immigration to the United States of French officers who served under Napoleon following their exile from France after the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo on June 18, 1815.
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