TY - BOOK ID - 32074976 TI - The Annexation of Eupen-Malmedy : Becoming Belgian, 1919–1929 PY - 2018 SN - 1349952958 1137590890 9781137590893 9781349952953 PB - New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - History. KW - Europe, Central KW - Military history. KW - Social history. KW - Diplomacy. KW - History of Germany and Central Europe. KW - History of Military. KW - Social History. KW - Acquisition of territory KW - Eupen-Malmedy (Belgium) KW - Germany KW - History KW - Annexation to Belgium KW - Germans KW - Territory, Acquisition of KW - Territory, National KW - Ethnology KW - Gouvernement Eupen-Malmedy (Belgium) KW - Europe, Central-History. KW - Descriptive sociology KW - Social conditions KW - Social history KW - Sociology KW - International relations KW - Military historiography KW - Military history KW - Wars KW - Historiography KW - Naval history KW - Europe, Central—History. KW - Relations extérieures KW - Eupen-Malmédy-Saint-Vith (Belgique ; région) KW - Annexation to Belgium. KW - Alemania KW - Ashkenaz KW - BRD KW - Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls KW - Bundesrepublik Deutschland KW - Deguo KW - 德国 KW - Deutsches Reich KW - Deutschland KW - Doitsu KW - Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku KW - Federal Republic of Germany KW - Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny KW - FRN KW - Gėrman KW - German Uls KW - Герман Улс KW - Germania KW - Germanii︠a︡ KW - Germanyah KW - Gjermani KW - Grossdeutsches Reich KW - Jirmānīya KW - KhBNGU KW - Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls KW - Nimechchyna KW - Repoblika Federalin'i Alemana KW - República de Alemania KW - República Federal de Alemania KW - Republika Federal Alemmana KW - Vācijā KW - Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Weimar Republic KW - Weimarer Republik KW - ХБНГУ KW - Германия KW - جرمانيا KW - ドイツ KW - ドイツ連邦共和国 KW - ドイツ レンポウ キョウワコク KW - Germany (East) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : British Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : French Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) KW - Germany (West) KW - Holy Roman Empire KW - Acquisition of territory - Belgium KW - Eupen-Malmedy (Belgium) - History - 20th century KW - Germany - Annexation to Belgium KW - Relations extérieures KW - Eupen-Malmédy-Saint-Vith (Belgique ; région) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32074976 AB - 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 relations between Baltia’s regime and Brussels, the regime’s path to dissolution, and the failed retrocession of the territory to Germany. Through close analysis of primary source material, Vincent O’Connell investigates the efforts of Baltia’s provisional government to assimilate the region’s inhabitants into Belgium. The ultimate failure of that assimilation, he argues, may be traced back not only to incessant pro-German agitation, but to flawed Belgian policy from the outset. Framed in the context of a post-Versailles Europe, the book offers an interesting case study not only of the ebbs and flows of international politics across the frontier zones of Europe in the interwar years, but of how populations react to changes in national sovereignty. ER -