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Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War
Tim Bouverie
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Description for Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War
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'Astonishing' ANTONY BEEVOR
'One of the most promising young historians to enter our field for years' MAX HASTINGS
A thrilling new history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy and parliamentary infighting that enabled Hitler and the Nazis to dominate Europe.
On a wet afternoon in September 1938, Neville Chamberlain stepped off an aeroplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory. It was, he later assured the crowd in Downing Street, 'peace for our time'. Less than a year later, Germany invaded ... Read morePoland and the Second World War began.
Drawing on previously unseen sources, Appeasing Hitler sweeps from the advent of Hitler in 1933 to the beaches of Dunkirk, and presents an unforgettable portrait of the ministers, aristocrats and amateur diplomats whose actions and inaction had devastating consequences.
'Brilliant and sparkling . . . Reads like a thriller. I couldn't put it down' Peter Frankopan
'Vivid, detailed and utterly fascinating . . . This is political drama at its most compelling' James Holland
'Bouverie skilfully traces each shameful step to war . . . in moving and dramatic detail' Sunday Telegraph
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Vintage Publishing
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London, United Kingdom
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About Tim Bouverie
Tim Bouverie read history at Christ Church, Oxford. From 2013-2017 he was a political journalist at Channel 4 News, where he worked alongside Michael Crick, as his producer, and covered all major political events, including both the 2015 and 2017 General Elections and the EU Referendum. He regularly reviews history and politics books, and has written for the Spectator, Observer ... Read moreand Daily Telegraph. He has also for the last five years worked at the Chalke Valley History Festival as an interviewer. Show Less
Reviews for Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War
Appeasing Hitler is an astonishingly accomplished debut. Bouverie writes with a wonderful clarity and we will no doubt hear a lot more of his voice in future
Antony Beevor A brilliant and sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian. Tim Bouverie has written an account of the build-up to the Second World War that reads like a thriller. I ... Read morecouldn’t put it down.
Peter Frankopan This is the debut of an unusually talented writer, one of the most promising young historians to enter our field for years
Max Hastings Every so often I've been escaping to the corner of my garden and losing myself in Tim Bouverie's brilliant Appeasing Hitler. It's a compelling read that combines detailed research with a flair for narrative
Nick Robinson
Radio Times
Drawing on an impressive and interesting range of sources and characters, Tim Bouverie has written a fascinating and scholarly portrait of a decade when credulity, self-interest and poor judgement prevailed tragically and inexorably over morality and good sense: this is the reporting of history at its best
Caroline Moorehead Appeasing Hitler is the stunning debut of a major new narrative historian. A riveting and depressing story which has resonance today as the democracies again face dictatorships
Professor Margaret Macmillan In meticulous detail and with moments of novelty and insight… [Appeasing Hitler] should become a standard text on this inglorious episode… an exceptionally promising debut. He has great narrative abilities and his research has been extensive
Simon Heffer
Daily Telegraph
Sparkling and witty... The best account of the subject that I have ever read
Professor Sir Michael Howard This gripping book is…valuable because it illuminates some eternal truths
Andrew Rawnsley
Observer
Tim Bouverie tells the story of appeasement with skill, verve and panache, using contemporary accounts to great effect in exploring the mentalities that lay behind the political decisions
Ian Kershaw With enormous flair and confidence, Tim Bouverie has brought his subject to life, elegantly drawing out the historical parallels while also presenting a gripping and well-paced narrative. Lively, nuanced, and full of surprising details, this is a stunning debut
Henry Hemming With tremendous narrative flair and impeccable judgement, Bouverie illuminates the wishful thinking, the gullibility and the appalling amateurishness that led us to the precipice
Simon Griffith
Mail on Sunday
An eye-opening narrative which makes for exciting but at times uncomfortable reading as one reflects on possible lessons for the present
Antonia Fraser Truly impressive and enjoyable. Tim Bouverie writes with verve and wit, gives us an often moving and always human angle on the story, and removes the tarnish from the word ‘appeasement’ to make us look anew at one of the most important, and salutary, periods of modern times
Roland Philipps No previous book on Appeasement has managed to cast such a vivid, detailed and utterly fascinating light on the incredible political machinations that were being played out in the late 1930s. Tim Bouverie has brilliantly brought alive the tension, political brinkmanship and immense drama of those days... This is political drama at its most compelling, and one whose relevance sits with the reader long after the book has been put down. Superb.
James Holland Tim Bouverie breathes new life into this familiar story. His vivid narrative is compelling, even exciting, as it hurtles towards its tragic conclusion. This is a superb book that deserves to be widely read
Adam Sisman
Literary Review
Vivid, engaging... pacy, personality driven
Susan Pedersen
Guardian
Bouverie… retells [the story of appeasement] with gusto
Dominic Sandbrook
Sunday Times
Bouverie gives a lucid account… [and] skilfully traces each shameful step to war… which he describes in moving and dramatic detail
Lewis Jones
Sunday Telegraph
Gripping.. Bouverie has written a searching, wide-ranging, and above all readable chronology of a shameful era of British history… a very cautionary tale
Nigel Jones
Spectator
[An] impressive and very readable account
Tony Rennell
Daily Mail
Tim Bouverie’s first historical work… is a well-argued, lucid case for the prosecution of the appeasers
David Aaronovitch
The Times,
Book of the Week
So assured is Bouverie’s writing, and so sound his judgments, that it is hard to believe that Appeasing Hitler is his first book. It is a wonderful debut that marks the arrival of a young historian to watch
Saul David
Evening Standard,
Book of the Week
[An] accomplished and lucid account
Josh Ireland
Prospect
Bouverie’s well-written Appeasing Hitler aims to provide a timeless lesson on the challenges of standing up to aggression.
Jo Johnson
Financial Times
Bouverie has mined an impressive range of sources and quotes from them judiciously. His narrative is lucid, his prose efficient, his put-downs witty… [he] tells an important story well.
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
New Statesman
The skill with which Tim Bouverie navigates here through the worlds of politics, officialdom and diplomacy is quite exemplary… his explanations of complex issues are always lucid; his narrative style is thoughtful, unshowy and always a pleasure to read… This is, quite simply, the best book ever to have appeared on this whole subject
Noel Malcolm
Oldie
Bouverie’s Appeasing Hitler provides a meticulous picture of a Britain that faced very different problems from our own
Thelma Lovell
Catholic Herald
Scrupulously fair, [and a] readable account… [an] excellent book
Marcus Tanner
Tablet
Appeasing Hitler…is a staggeringly good account of the build-up to the Second World War… gripping, dramatic and revelatory
Christian May
City AM
Bouverie’s prose is fluent and assured throughout. Those in search of an entertaining read will find one… an admirable retelling of traditional history
Robert Crowcroft
History Today
An enthralling, nuanced tale… the narrative is absolutely compelling
Times Literary Supplement
An elegantly written account by a rising young historian
The Times,
Summer reads of 2019
This is a gripping account of the wishful thinking that led us to the precipice
Neil Armstrong and Hephzibah Anderson
Mail on Sunday,
Summer reads of 2019
There is a sure command of narrative and judgment in faultlessly lucid prose, with subtexts of pathos
Bruce Anderson
Spectator
A fascinating narrative on the politics of wishful thinking and the law of unintended consequences in international relations
Ali Ansari
History Today,
Books of the Year
[A] finely researched and well-argued book
Daily Mail,
Books of the Year
[A] phenomenal book
William Keegan
Observer
Excellent
Andrew Roberts
Wall Street Journal
Excellent and compelling
William Leith
Evening Standard
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