• First comprehensive account of the Ruhr crisis of 1923 in English, drawing on many previously unknown local and regional sources
• Tells a very human and tragic story, buttressed by sound historical analysis
• Shows how the Ruhr Crisis foreshadowed the development of the European Union

Readership: Scholars and students of modern French, German, and European history; historians of the inter-war period and the Weimar Republic.

Conan Fischer, Professor of European History, University of Strathclyde

"[a] clearly written and persuasive micro-study" - The English Historical Review

"... a balanced study ... This book is an absolute must for serious students of the diplomatic history of Europe in general and France in particular during the tragic interwar period." - History

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: From Versailles to the Ruhr Crisis
2: Occupation
3: Heavy Industry, Labour, and the Onset of Passive Resistance
4: Civil Servants and the Onset of Passive Resistance
5: Social Dislocation during the Ruhr Crisis: Hunger and Evacuation
6: Social Dislocation during the Ruhr Crisis: Soldiers, Moral Challenges and Education
7: The High Noon of the Passive Resistance Campaign
8: The End of Passive Resistance
9: From Surrender to the Economic Councils
10: From the Micum Agreements to the Dawes Plan
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index