Appeasement
Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War
New York : Tim Duggan Books, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: xiii, 496 pages : illustratons ; 25 cm
"A new history of the British appeasement of the Third Reich on the eve of World War II"-- Provided by publisher.
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."
Subjects:
Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Germany.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1936-1945.
Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Germany.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1936-1945.
ISBN:
9780451499844 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Bou | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-463) and index.