{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Treaty of Sèvres – Part 2: Negotiating at the Edge of Collapse","description":"The fate of nations is not always decided by cannon fire or cavalry charges. Sometimes, it is determined by whispered conversations, tense silences, and the sharp scratch of pens on parchment. In Sèvres, in the spring of 1920, the world’s great powers and the battered representatives of the Ottoman Empire gathered for a confrontation as consequential as any fought on the battlefield.\r\n\r\nThe negotiations unfolded under the ornate ceilings of the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres. Britain’s David Lloyd George pressed for imperial advantage, especially over oil-rich Mesopotamia. France’s Georges Clemenceau demanded influence in Syria and Lebanon. Italy’s Francesco Nitti insisted on a share of Anatolia. Each man had his own vision for the post-war world, and each was determined to see it realized.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-sevres","author_name":"The Archive Network"}