Sean Lester, Poland and the Nazi takeover of Danzig / Paul McNamara

Publication | Library Call Number: DK4673 .M33 2009

Format: Book
Author/Creator: McNamara, Paul, M.Litt.
Published: Dublin ; Portland, OR : Irish Academic Press, 2009
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and index
Language: English

Physical Description: xv, 255 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction
Danzig : from Hanseatic Port to Free City, 997-1920
'The British period' and the fallout from Locarno, 1920-1929
The rise of the NSDAP in Danzig and the growth of Gdynia, 1930-1934
British and Polish appeasement : an overview, 1925-1938
Lester's appointment as high commissioner
Lester's arrival in Danzig and the realignment of Polish foreign policy
Election fever in the Free City
The political fallout from the 1935 elections
Financial crisis in Danzig, political crisis in Geneva
Bombshell
The calm before the storm
The Leipzig incident
Poland as League mediator
Diplomatic efforts intensify
The political fallout from Lester's 'resignation'
The final humiliation of the League in Danzig
Conclusion.
ISBN: 9780716529682
0716529688
0716529696 (pbk.)
9780716529699 (pbk.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and index.
Subjects: Nazis--Poland--Gdańsk.
Gdańsk (Poland)--Politics and government--20th century.
Poland--History--1918-1945.
Diplomats--Ireland--Biography.
Lester, Sean,--1888-1959.
League of Nations--Poland--Gdańsk--20th century.
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