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Neville Chamberlain, Appeasement and the British Road to War
Frank Mcdonough
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Description for Neville Chamberlain, Appeasement and the British Road to War
Paperback. McDonough takes a broad approach which brings social, economic and strategic factors together with a detailed analysis of Chamberlain's policy, allowing students to explore questions of continuity and change more clearly. Series: New Frontiers in History. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
Re-examines the controversial policy of appeasement. The text suggests that the mood of the age in British society served to support appeasement, by analyzing the cluster of military, strategic, imperial and economic forces which served to justify it. The book argues that, when Neville Chamberlain came to power, appeasement was part of a broad consensus in British society to avoid a second world war. It provides an interpretation of Chamberlain's conduct by showing how he used and abused the mood of the age to justify a selfish and ambitious policy which was idealogically prejudiced. Yet, when Hitler entered Prague in ... Read more
Re-examines the controversial policy of appeasement. The text suggests that the mood of the age in British society served to support appeasement, by analyzing the cluster of military, strategic, imperial and economic forces which served to justify it. The book argues that, when Neville Chamberlain came to power, appeasement was part of a broad consensus in British society to avoid a second world war. It provides an interpretation of Chamberlain's conduct by showing how he used and abused the mood of the age to justify a selfish and ambitious policy which was idealogically prejudiced. Yet, when Hitler entered Prague in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
New Frontiers
Condition
New
Weight
271g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719048326
SKU
V9780719048326
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About Frank Mcdonough
Frank McDonough is Senior Lecturer in Modern Political History at Liverpool John Moores University -- .
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