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The article provides a historical look into the division between Japan and its Western allies after the Treaty of Versailles, signed at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference in France, due to racial equality issue. Topics discussed include Japanese experiment with internationalism, proposed incorporation of a racial equality clause into the Covenant of the League of Nations, efforts to promote Japanese cultural values, and Japanese opposition to international control of affairs in Manchuria, China.

The article focuses on the need for professional historians as advisors to the government and mentions instances where they influenced government policies. Topics include how British historians such as James Headlam-Morley played an important role in drafting the Versailles peace treaty; how British historians influenced former British Prime Ministers such as Margaret Thatcher; and how historian Gill Bennett investigated the "Zinoviev letter" for foreign secretary Robin Cook.

The article looks at the Paris Peace Conference held after World War I, with a particular focus on the negotiation and effects of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. Details related to the book "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" by economist John Maynard Keynes and its impact on public perceptions of the treaty are also presented. According to the author, the terms of the treaty were perceived as too harsh both by Germans and by many in the Allied countries, resulting in an unwillingness by both sides to uphold the treaty. It is suggested that Keynes’ book played a significant role in fostering Allied guilt over the treaty. Topics discussed include British prime minister David Lloyd George, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, and French prime minister Georges Clemenceau.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Waterloo: Beyond the Battlefield" by John Bew and Mungo Melvin, which appeared in the September 2013 issue.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Germany: A New Carthage" in this journal's January 2012 issue, which discusses the Treaty of Versailles.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Germany: a New Carthage" by Antony Lentin in the January 2012 issue, which discusses the 1919 Treaty of Versailles and European relations in the period between World War I and World War II, focusing on Germany.