The Annexation of Eupen-Malmedy Becoming Belgian, 1919-1929 /

• Main Author: O'Connell, Vincent (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Europe, Central-History.; Military history.; Diplomacy.; Social history.; History of Germany and Central Europe.; History of Military.; Social History.

This book examines the history of Belgium's annexation of the former German territories of Eupen and Malmedy during the interwar period. Focusing on Herman Baltia's transitory regime and Belgium's ambivalence about the fate of its new territories, the book charts the strained relation...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. On the Threshold of Transition: Eupen-Malmedy in 1919: Between Occupation and Annexation
• 3. 'Sounding Them Out': Herman Baltia and the Installation of the Eupen-Malmedy Government
• 4. Farce and Tragedy in Eupen-Malmedy: The Public Expression of Opinion and Its Discontents
• 5. 'Making Good Belgians': Political Incorporation and National Assimilation, 1920-1925
• 6. 'Road to Abandonment': Belgium's Approach to Eupen-Malmedy, 1925-1929.