Frank Mcdonough

Neville Chamberlain, appeasement and the British road to war

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Re-examines the controversial policy of appeasement. The text suggests that the mood of the age in British society served to support appeasement, by analyzing the cluster of military, strategic, imperial and economic forces which served to justify it. The book argues that, when Neville Chamberlain came to power, appeasement was part of a broad consensus in British society to avoid a second world war. It provides an interpretation of Chamberlain's conduct by showing how he used and abused the mood of the age to justify a selfish and ambitious policy which was idealogically prejudiced. Yet, when Hitler entered Prague in March 1939, the public mood changed, and Chamberlain found himself a prisoner of a new mood which forced him to make a tactical and half-hearted attempt to stand up to Hitler for which he had no enthusiasm.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 269g
• ISBN-13: 9780719048326
• ISBN-10: 071904832X
• Artikelnr.: 21107289

Autorenporträt

Frank McDonough held senior executive positions in four U.S. government organizations: the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Treasury, and the General Services Administration (GSA). In addition, he worked in management positions with IBM. Also, he represented the U.S. in international discussions with the G 8-Government On-line Working Council, OECD, World Bank, the International Council for Technology in Public Administration (ICA), and other World Forums. He has spoken more than 300 times on technology issues in government. From 2009-present, he works on contract for the University of Texas in Mexico City, teaching graduate students about managing advanced technologies in the near future. Visit his web site: http://frankamcdonough.com

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1. Introduction: the changing debate Part I Appeasement and British government 1918
1939 2. British foreign policy, 1918
1937 3. National defence 4. Chamberlain's new direction, May 1937
February 1938 5. The road to Munich, March
September 1938 6. The approach of war, October 1938
September 1939 Part II Appeasement and British society 1918
1939 7. Appeasers and the anti
appeasers 8. The mass media, public opinion and appeasement 9. Economic appeasement 10. Conclusion Selected documents Select bibliography Inde