Description for Guilty Men
Paperback. Focuses on the appeasers of the 1930s, the leading culprits being Baldwin, Chamberlain and Halifax who had left the country so ill-prepared, and who, by their pusillanimity, had emboldened Hitler and Mussolini; and in the case of the last two still favoured some accommodation with the fascist dictators. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; DNF; HBJD1; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
In his preface to the 1998 reissue, Michael Foot wrote, 'Guilty Men was conceived by three London journalists who had formed the habit of meeting on the roof of the Evening Standard offices in Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, just after the the afternoon paper had been put to bed and, maybe, just before the Two Brewers opened across the road.'
The book's genesis and publication could hardly have been swifter. Its writing took four days from the 1st to the 4th June 1940: it was published on the 5th July. It is an angry book, indeed, a devastatingly effective ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571270200
SKU
V9780571270200
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
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