The Appeasers
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
The Appeasers stands as one of the most incisive historical indictments of British foreign policy in the years preceding the Second World War, chronicling the fateful decisions made by Neville Chamberlain's government as it repeatedly capitulated to Adolf Hitler's escalating demands. Martin Gilbert and Richard Gott reconstruct, with meticulous archival precision, the political atmosphere of 1930s Britain — a world gripped by the trauma of the Great War and desperate to avoid a repeat — presenting the key figures who shaped and championed the policy of appeasement with unflinching clarity. The authors argue that appeasement was not merely a blunder of naivety, but a deliberate and sustained policy upheld by men who possessed far more information about Nazi intentions than history has sometimes credited them. Gilbert and Gott's collaborative work draws on a wealth of diplomatic documents, cabinet minutes, and private correspondence to illustrate how self-deception and political expediency allowed a continent to sleepwalk toward catastrophe. A landmark work of 20th-century political history, it leaves the reader questioning how much the lessons of the 1930s truly endure.
Author: Martin Gilbert And Richard Gott
Format: Hardback
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
The Appeasers stands as one of the most incisive historical indictments of British foreign policy in the years preceding the Second World War, chronicling the fateful decisions made by Neville Chamberlain's government as it repeatedly capitulated to Adolf Hitler's escalating demands. Martin Gilbert and Richard Gott reconstruct, with meticulous archival precision, the political atmosphere of 1930s Britain — a world gripped by the trauma of the Great War and desperate to avoid a repeat — presenting the key figures who shaped and championed the policy of appeasement with unflinching clarity. The authors argue that appeasement was not merely a blunder of naivety, but a deliberate and sustained policy upheld by men who possessed far more information about Nazi intentions than history has sometimes credited them. Gilbert and Gott's collaborative work draws on a wealth of diplomatic documents, cabinet minutes, and private correspondence to illustrate how self-deception and political expediency allowed a continent to sleepwalk toward catastrophe. A landmark work of 20th-century political history, it leaves the reader questioning how much the lessons of the 1930s truly endure.