Book contents
- Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement
- Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 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
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2022
Book contents
- Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement
- Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 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
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
There are few more contrasting historical reputations than those of Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain. On the one hand, there is the hero who led Britain in its finest hour when it stood alone against Nazi Germany in 1940. On the other, there is the man of Munich who attempted to appease Hitler by agreeing to his territorial demands on Czechoslovakia in 1938. Appeasement subsequently became a byword for weakness and shameful failure to stand up to dictators. Even today diplomatic compromise with an authoritarian regime is frequently criticised as another Munich.
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- Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement , pp. 1 - 2Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022