History glossary
revisionist politics
politics aimed at revising or overturning a disliked settlement.
- Category
- Political position
- Region
- Interwar Europe
- Date range
- 1919-1939
What it means
In the Versailles context, revisionist politics meant efforts to revise or overturn the postwar settlement, especially Germany's borders, military restrictions, reparations and war guilt clause. The word here describes political aims, not simply historical reinterpretation.
Stories using this term
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The Treaty of Versailles and Its Consequences
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