Motive for a Mission: The Story Behind Hess's Flight to Britain

Motive for a Mission: The Story Behind Hess's Flight to Britain

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Edition: repr.,

Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean text .

A meticulously researched work of World War II history, "Motive for a Mission" reconstructs the baffling circumstances behind Rudolf Hess's solo flight to Scotland in May 1941, arguing through newly uncovered evidence that the Deputy Führer's desperate peace mission was driven by a coherent if deluded strategic logic rooted in his contacts with British advocates of a negotiated settlement with Nazi Germany.

Author: James Douglas-Hamilton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1971, Macmillan / St Martin's Press

Description

Edition: repr.,

Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean text .

A meticulously researched work of World War II history, "Motive for a Mission" reconstructs the baffling circumstances behind Rudolf Hess's solo flight to Scotland in May 1941, arguing through newly uncovered evidence that the Deputy Führer's desperate peace mission was driven by a coherent if deluded strategic logic rooted in his contacts with British advocates of a negotiated settlement with Nazi Germany.