Appeasement : Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the road to war

Bouverie, Tim 1987- (author.).

Summary: "A new history of the British appeasement of the Third Reich on the eve of World War II"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780451499844 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York : Tim Duggan Books, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.