British Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of Appeasement, 1935-39

British Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of Appeasement, 1935-39
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 0804721017
ISBN-13 : 9780804721011
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Download or read book British Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of Appeasement, 1935-39 written by R. J. Q. Adams and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book historian R.J.Q. Adams examines the policy of appeasement--so frequently praised as realistic and statesman-like in its day and commonly condemned as wrong-headed and even wicked in ours. Exciting and thoroughly accessible, this work explains the motivations and goals of the principal policy-makers, including Chamberlain, Lord Hailfax, and Sir John Simon, as well as those of the chief critics: Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and others.


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