Physical Description
xxix, 176 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Contents
Introduction
pt. 1. Appeasement in the British context. Munich and the British tradition / P.W. Schroeder
pt. 2. The climate of opinion. Nostra maxima culpa / M. Gilbert
The domestic background / G. Schmidt
British military preparations / M. Howard
pt. 3. The crises. The Abyssianian crisis / T. Taylor
The Rhineland crisis / M. Cowling
The Anschluss / L.W. Fuchser
We could not help Czechoslovakia / N. Chamberlain
British and French cooperation?
pt. 4. Munich. A quarrel in a far-away country / N. Chamberlain
For a second, the house was hushed / H. Nicolson
The world's debt to Neville Chamberlain / S. Hodgson
A disaster of the first magnitude / W.S. Churchill
The Munich accords
pt. 5. The change of course. The guarantee to Poland
and after / T. Taylor
pt. 6. Assessing appeasement: the question of responsibility. Chamberlain: the guiltiest man? / S. Aster
Chamberlain attempted the impossible / R. Douglas
A triumph for all that was best in British life / A.J.P. Taylor
Appeasement and its interpreters / P. Kennedy
Reckoning / K. Middlemas
pt. 7. The search for lessons. The Munich myth and American foreign policy / C. Layne.
Other Authors/Editors
Adams, R. J. Q. (Ralph James Q.), 1943-
ISBN
0669335029
Notes
Bibliography: p. 171-176.
Introduction -- pt. 1. Appeasement in the British context. Munich and the British tradition / P.W. Schroeder -- pt. 2. The climate of opinion. Nostra maxima culpa / M. Gilbert -- The domestic background / G. Schmidt -- British military preparations / M. Howard -- pt. 3. The crises. The Abyssianian crisis / T. Taylor -- The Rhineland crisis / M. Cowling -- The Anschluss / L.W. Fuchser -- We could not help Czechoslovakia / N. Chamberlain -- British and French cooperation? -- pt. 4. Munich. A quarrel in a far-away country / N. Chamberlain -- For a second, the house was hushed / H. Nicolson -- The world's debt to Neville Chamberlain / S. Hodgson -- A disaster of the first magnitude / W.S. Churchill -- The Munich accords -- pt. 5. The change of course. The guarantee to Poland-- and after / T. Taylor -- pt. 6. Assessing appeasement: the question of responsibility. Chamberlain: the guiltiest man? / S. Aster -- Chamberlain attempted the impossible / R. Douglas -- A triumph for all that was best in British life / A.J.P. Taylor -- Appeasement and its interpreters / P. Kennedy -- Reckoning / K. Middlemas -- pt. 7. The search for lessons. The Munich myth and American foreign policy / C. Layne.
