Appeasement and All Souls: A Portrait with Documents, 1937–1939

ISBN-13: 9780521843744 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 258 str.

Sidney Aster (University of Toronto)

Opis

Appeasement alternatives to World War II have been the subject of intense debate and this volume addresses the vital phenomenon of elite and intellectual opinion. Representing a wide-ranging selection of individuals with considerable wealth and public service, the unique All Souls 'think-tank' deliberated for almost two years to develop an alternative foreign policy for a country facing the menacing threat of World War II. This volume analyzes the think-tank's struggles to establish a consensus for a foreign policy document to guide public debate in the avoidance of another world war.

Spis treści

Introduction: Appeasement and All Souls College; 'A Transitional Policy', December 1937 - February 1938; 'Foreign Policy Now', March 1938; 'A Peace Policy for the Immediate Present', April - May 1938; 'Hours and Hours of Talk', June 1938 - March 1939; 'Between Resistance and Retreat'; Appendix: Participants in the All Souls Discussions; Bibliography; Index.