Neville Chamberlain, the Conservative prime minister who pursued the policy of appeasing Hitler that was doomed to failure, is one of the most reinterpreted & written about of modern British prime ministers. In this biography, Nick Smart takes a look at Chamberlain's life, career achievements & failures.
Neville Chamberlain, the Conservative prime minister who pursued the policy of appeasing Hitler that was doomed to failure, is one of the most reinter...
Neville Chamberlain, the Conservative Prime Minister who pursued the doomed policy of appeasing Hitler, is one of the most reinterpreted of modern British Prime Ministers.
Infamous on account of his declaration of having achieved peace for our time, Neville Chamberlain has often been portrayed as a social reformer out of sync with the times in which he lived. In this new biography, Nick Smart offers a picture conditioned more by the opinions of contemporaries than by hindsight, examining Chamberlain's life, career, achievements and failures. Stressing that the system in which...
Neville Chamberlain, the Conservative Prime Minister who pursued the doomed policy of appeasing Hitler, is one of the most reinterpreted of modern ...
The significant and sustained popular interest in the Second World War is matched by the scale and scope of scholarly engagement in the subject. The articles selected for this volume cover a wide range of topics reflecting the fact that the largest recorded war in history and the most intense period of global instability in the twentieth century, was fought by many different states, large and small, over differing periods of time and for many different reasons. In an area where there is no shortage of material to choose from, the articles presented here are distinguished for their depth of...
The significant and sustained popular interest in the Second World War is matched by the scale and scope of scholarly engagement in the subject. The a...
