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Author Neville, Peter, 1944- author.

Title The British attempt to prevent the Second World War : the age of anxiety / Peter Neville.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary This book focuses on some new issues associated with British appeasement policy in the 1930s. It looks particularly at how the artificial split between international history and military history has led to the over-simplification of the factors involved in formulating the appeasement policy. It argues that, contrary to anti-appeasement mythology, Britain was not left defenceless in 1939, having in fact a highly sophisticated aerial defence system for which Baldwin and Chamberlain have received little credit. Conversely, the disaster of 1940 was not a consequence of the sins of the British appea.
Contents Armistice -- The Birth of Appeasement -- Hitler Comes to Power -- Four Appeasers -- Italy and Japan -- Three Crises -- Munich -- The Armed Forces -- The Foreign Office -- Poland -- The Coming of War -- Conclusion.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes.
World War (1939-1945)
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1910-1936.
Great Britain.
International relations.
Chronological Term 1910-1936
Subject Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Germany.
Germany.
Germany -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Chronological Term 1910-1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Neville, Peter. British attempt to prevent the Second World War. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 9781527513884 (OCoLC)1065116227
ISBN 9781527526020 (electronic book)
152752602X (electronic book)
9781527513884
1527513882

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