LEADER 05351cam a2200565 i 4500001 286268 005 20240624132613.0 008 221028s2022 nyuaf e b 001 0 eng d 010 2023281739 020 9781639362264 |q(hardcover) 035 (OCoLC)on1296943256 035 (DLC) 2023281739 035 (DLC)286268 042 lccopycat 043 e-uk---e-gx--- 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dEZN |dRNL |dON8 |dJFL |dSLV |dOCLCF |dUOK |dVP@ |dTOH |dZGR |dYU6 |dBDX |dOCLCO |dOCLCL |dDLC 050 00 D810.S8 |bS6875 2022 082 04 940.54/85 |223 100 1 Spicer, Charles, |eauthor. 245 10 Coffee with Hitler : |bthe untold story of the amateur spies who tried to civilize the Nazis / |cCharles Spicer. 246 30 Untold story of the amateur spies who tried to civilize the Nazis 250 First Pegasus Books cloth edition. 264 1 New York : |bPegasus Books, |c2022. 264 4 |c©2022 300 392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations ; |c23 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 336 still image |bsti |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-379) and index. 505 00 |tIntroduction -- |tPrologue: Lloyd George's Nazi -- |gPart One: June 1934-September 1936. |tDinner on the terrace with Himmler -- |tRoast chicken at the Chancellery -- |tMargarine, rubber and gold -- |tPrince and the poppy -- |tBeer and sausage at Nuremberg -- |tWhiskey with Goring -- |tSwastikas over White Hart Lane -- |tVistas of unlimited aggression -- |tMayfair rushing Hitlerwards -- |tCoffee with Hitler -- |gPart Two: October 1936-November 1938. |tPreaching brotherly love to a rogue elephant -- |tBrickendrop circus -- |tSharks, Stalin and Inspector Morse -- |tSending a curate to visit a tiger -- |tClearing the decks -- |tOster conspiracy -- |tTea at Nuremberg -- |tPlan Z -- |tNight of broken glass -- |gPart Three: December 1938-May 1941. |tTwo Englishmen who know Germany best -- |tNo happy returns for the Fuhrer -- |tGangster politics -- |tTennant mission -- |tIf the world should fall and break -- |tPolitical and moral scum of the earth -- |tBritain's broke; it's your money we want -- |tFlying visit -- |tEpilogue: None so blind as those who will not see -- |tConclusion. 520 Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding story of how a handful of amateur British intelligence agents wined, dined, and befriended the leading National Socialists between the wars. With support from royalty, aristocracy, politicians, and businessmen, they hoped to use the recently founded Anglo-German Fellowship as a vehicle to civilize and enlighten the Nazis. At the heart of the story are a pacifist Welsh historian, a World War I flying ace, and a butterfly-collecting businessman, who together offered the British government better intelligence on the horrifying rise of the Nazis than any other agents. Though they were only minor players in the terrible drama of Europe's descent into its second twentieth-century war, these three protagonists operated within the British Establishment. They infiltrated the Nazi high command deeper than any other spies, relaying accurate intelligence to both their government and to its anti-appeasing critics. Straddling the porous border between hard and soft diplomacy, their activities fueled tensions between the amateur and the professional diplomats in both London and Berlin. Having established a personal rapport with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, they delivered intelligence to him directly, too, paving the way for American military support for Great Britain against the Nazi threat. The settings for their public efforts ranged from tea parties in Downing Street, banquets at London's best hotels, and the Coronation of George VI to coffee and cake at Hitler's Bavarian mountain home, champagne galas at the Berlin Olympics, and afternoon receptions at the Nuremberg Rallies. More private encounters between the elites of both powers were nurtured by shooting weekends at English country homes, whiskey drinking sessions at German estates, discreet meetings in London apartments, and whispered exchanges in the corridors of embassies and foreign ministries. 591 Record updated by Marcive brief record update service 24 June 2024 599 Shelved at 49-5-8 600 10 Hitler, Adolf, |d1889-1945. 610 20 Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. 650 0 Intelligence officers |zGreat Britain |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Espionage, British |zGermany |xHistory |y20th century. 655 0 History. 650 6 Officiers de renseignements |zGrande-Bretagne |xHistoire |y20e siècle. 650 7 HISTORY / Europe / Germany. |2bisacsh 600 17 Hitler, Adolf, |d1889-1945. |2fast |1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJwXd9HYyHB9fPphHrQrMP 610 27 Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. |2fast 650 7 Espionage, British. |2fast 650 7 Intelligence officers. |2fast 651 7 Germany. |2fast |1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtCD3rcKcPDx6FHmjvrbd 651 7 Great Britain. |2fast |1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast 852 0 |breceiving |kShelved at 49-5-8