G. C. Peden

Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The first study to compare Churchill and Chamberlain systematically in relation to appeasement and defence policy in the 1930s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009201971
• Artikelnr.: 70909901

Autorenporträt

G. C. Peden is Emeritus Professor of Stirling University. His previous publications include Arms, Economics and British Strategy: From Dreadnoughts to Hydrogen Bombs (2007), The Treasury and British Public Policy, 1906-1959 (2000) and British Rearmament and the Treasury, 1932-1939 (1979). He is a Fellow of Scotland's national academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Churchill, Chamberlain and historians
2. Personalities and policymaking
3. Britain and the balance of power
4. The darkening scene
5. The Ethiopian and Rhineland crises
6. Chamberlain takes charge
7. From the Anschluss to Munich
8. From Munich to Prague
9. Deterrence by guarantee
10. The test of war
11. Counterfactuals and conclusions.