Apparently, Keynes was the originator of the idea that the victors were too hard on Germany after WWI and shouldn't have pressed Germany so hard for reparations. Conventional wisdom now says the harsh treatment made Germany bitter and was the underlying reason for WWII.
Because I recently learned it was Keynes that pushed this theory, I am beginning to think that maybe the opposite is true; perhaps had the allies been HARDER on Germany at Versailles we may NOT have had a WWII.
This is a very interesting book about Keynes that can be read online.
http://www.keynesatharvard.org/index.html