carthaginian peace?

• a Carthaginian peace is intended to cripple the losing side brutally, whereas a victor's justice refers to a justified punishment.
• j.m Keynes suggested that the economic sanctions on Germany doomed the next generation of Germans to poverty.
• it is argued that the Allies unfairly applied self-determination in regions like the Sudetenland, but some believe that this was due to the fear of Bolshevism in germany.
• the terms of the treaty of versailles were considered more lenient than those of the Treaty of Frankfurt (1871) and Treaty of Brest-Livtosk (1918)
• Treaty of Brest-Livtosk:

  • Russia lost 62 million people (16.7% of pop.) compared to Germany losing 6 million (12.5%)
  • Russia lost 27% of its farmland, 26% of its railways, and 74% of its Iron and Coal production, whereas germany only lost 16% of coal production and 48% of iron and steel