| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-463) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: "never again!" -- Prologue : the storm breaks -- The Hitler experiment -- "I sing of arms and the man" -- Tea with Hitler -- The Abyssinian imbroglio -- Across the Rhine -- The defence of the realm -- Hitler's wonderland -- Enter Chamberlain -- Hunting for peace -- "Bowlers are back!" -- The rape of Austria -- Last train from Berlin -- Hons and rebels -- A faraway country -- The crisis breaks -- To the brink -- A piece of paper -- Peace for our time -- Chamberlain betrayed -- Deterring the dictators -- The last season -- Final hours -- Ghosts of appeasement -- The fall of Chamberlain -- Appeasement's last stand -- Epilogue: "guilty men." |
| Summary |
"A new history of the British appeasement of the Third Reich on the eve of World War II"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Germany.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1936-1945.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes.
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Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
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| ISBN |
9780451499844 (hardcover) |
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0451499840 (hardcover) |
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