Chamberlain and the Lost Peace - Couverture rigide

Charmley, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0340508531 ISBN 13 : 9780340508534

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1989

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In this controversial and challenging study based on extensive new work on Chamberlain's papers, John Charmley argues against the commonly held view that Chamberlain's policy of appeasement towards Hitler was naive and weak. By presenting the conflicting views of Chamberlain, Eden and Churchill from the perspective of the pre-war years, he outs forward the view that Chamberlain, correctly foreseeing the long-term damage the war would do to Britain, was justified in pursuing the chance of peace. This is the first of three revisionist titles John Charmley wrote challenging the accepted version of British foreign policy in the mid-twentieth century; the other two titles are Churchill: The End of Glory and Churchill's Grand Alliance. All three are being reissued in Faber Finds. 'A concise and spirited defence of Chamberlain.' David Reynolds, Independent

Présentation de l'éditeur :

An important new reappraisal of the immediate origins of World War II. Entertaining and absorbing. . . . Chamberlain hardly emerges a hero from these pages, but at least there is no excuse left for regarding him as no more than a wimp in a wingcollar. The Guardian

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0340508531
• ISBN 13: 9780340508534
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288