Appeasement : Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the road to war /
Bouverie, Tim, 1987-
Appeasement : Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the road to war / Tim Bouverie. - First U.S. edition. - xiii, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-463) and index.
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.
"A new history of the British appeasement of the Third Reich on the eve of World War II"--
9780451499844 (hardcover)
2019000625
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.
DA47.2 / .B68 2019
327.41 BOU
Appeasement : Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the road to war / Tim Bouverie. - First U.S. edition. - xiii, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-463) and index.
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.
"A new history of the British appeasement of the Third Reich on the eve of World War II"--
9780451499844 (hardcover)
2019000625
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.
DA47.2 / .B68 2019
327.41 BOU