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Author : Hugh Dalton Baron Dalton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The fateful years, 1931-1945 written by Hugh Dalton Baron Dalton and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hugh Dalton Baron Dalton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Fateful years, 1931-1945 written by Hugh Dalton Baron Dalton and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Owen
Publisher : Haus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1910376590
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Cabinet's Finest Hour written by David Owen and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1940, the British War Cabinet debated over the course of nine meetings a simple question: Should Britain fight on in the face of overwhelming odds, sacrificing hundreds of thousands of lives, or seek a negotiated peace? Using Cabinet papers from the United Kingdom’s National Archives, David Owen illuminates in fascinating detail this little-known, yet pivotal, chapter in the history of World War II. Eight months into the war, defeat seemed to many a certainty. With the United States still a year and half away from entering, Britain found itself in a perilous position, and foreign secretary Lord Halifax pushed prime minister Winston Churchill to explore the possibility of a negotiated peace with Hitler, using Mussolini as a conduit. Speaking for England is the story of Churchill’s triumph in the face of this pressure, but it is also about how collective debate and discussion won the day—had Churchill been alone, Owen argues, he would almost certainly have lost to Halifax, changing the course of history. Instead, the Cabinet system, all too often disparaged as messy and cumbersome, worked in Britain’s interests and ensured that a democracy on the brink of defeat had the courage to fight on.
Author : Christina J. M. Goulter
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780714641478
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (414 download)
Download or read book A Forgotten Offensive written by Christina J. M. Goulter and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1995 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that the preoccupation with strategic bombing doctrine was responsible for the lack of an offence on Germany's merchant shipping, resulting in the effective exclusion of all other ideas on the employment of air power.
Author : Wesley K. Wark
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501717073
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Ultimate Enemy written by Wesley K. Wark and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How realistically did the British government assess the threat from Nazi Germany during the 1930s? How accurate was British intelligence's understanding of Hitler's aims and Germany's military and industrial capabilities? In The Ultimate Enemy, Wesley K. Wark catalogues the many misperceptions about Nazi Germany that were often fostered by British intelligence.This book, the product of exhaustive archival research, first looks at the goals of British intelligence in the 1930s. He explains the various views of German power held by the principal Whitehall authorities—including the various military intelligence directorates and the semi-clandestine Industrial Intelligence Centre—and he describes the efforts of senior officials to fit their perceptions of German power into the framework of British military and diplomatic policy. Identifying the four phases through which the British intelligence effort evolved, he assesses its shortcomings and successes, and he calls into question the underlying premises of British intelligence doctrine.Wark shows that faulty intelligence assessments were crucial in shaping the British policy of appeasement up to the outbreak of World War II. His book offers a new perspective on British policy in the interwar period and also contributes a fascinating case study in the workings of intelligence services during a period of worldwide crisis.
Author : Paul N. Hehn
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826417619
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (176 download)
Download or read book A Low, Dishonest Decade written by Paul N. Hehn and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-09-26 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the rivalries among the Great Powers in the search for markets during the world depression of the 1930s, the author surveys the five Major Powers and all the Eastern European countries from the Baltic to Turkey. But he primarily canvases the economic situations in locations like Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
Author : Tim Bouverie
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0451499859
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Appeasement written by Tim Bouverie and published by Crown. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER • A gripping new history of the British appeasement of Hitler on the eve of World War II “An eye-opening narrative that makes for exciting but at times uncomfortable reading as one reflects on possible lessons for the present.”—Antonia Fraser, author of Mary Queen of Scots On a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stepped off an airplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory. It was, he later assured the crowd in Downing Street, "peace for our time." Less than a year later, Germany invaded Poland and the Second World War began. Appeasement is a groundbreaking history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy and parliamentary infighting that enabled Hitler's domination of Europe. Drawing on deep archival research and sources not previously seen by historians, Tim Bouverie has created an unforgettable portrait of the ministers, aristocrats, and amateur diplomats who, through their actions and inaction, shaped their country's policy and determined the fate of Europe. Beginning with the advent of Hitler in 1933, we embark on a fascinating journey from the early days of the Third Reich to the beaches of Dunkirk. Bouverie takes us not only into the backrooms of Parliament and 10 Downing Street but also into the drawing rooms and dining clubs of fading imperial Britain, where Hitler enjoyed surprising support among the ruling class and even some members of the royal family. Both sweeping and intimate, Appeasement is not only an eye-opening history but a timeless lesson on the challenges of standing up to aggression and authoritarianism--and the calamity that results from failing to do so.
Author : Dick Richardson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134859848
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Decisions and Diplomacy written by Dick Richardson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing significance of international history and relations in recent years has been reflected in a growth of research and development of new courses. This collection of essays focus on three broad themes: the League of Nations and collective security, problems in British foreign policy, and European/International security in the interwar years. The book, in memory of Esmonde Robertson and George Grün, distinguished historians of the London School of Economics, contains papers commissioned from some of the most formidable names in international history.
Author : Evan Mawdsley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108496091
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book World War II written by Evan Mawdsley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World in 1937 -- Japan and China, 1937-1940 -- Hitler's Border Wars, 1938-1939 -- Germany Re-fights World War I, 1939 fights World War I,1939-1940 -- Wars of Ideology, 1941-1942 -- The Red Army versus the Wehrmacht, 1942-1944 -- Japan's Lunge for Empire, 1941-1942 -- Defending the Perimeter: Japan, 1942-1944 -- The 'World Ocean' and Allied Victory, 1939-1945 -- The European Periphery, 1940-1944 -- Wearing down Germany, 1942-1944 -- Victory in Europe, 1944-1945 -- End and Beginning in Asia, 1945 -- Conclusion.
Author : Gary Mcculloch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134483252
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Documentary Research written by Gary Mcculloch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This up to date examination of how to research and utilise documents analyses texts from the past and present, considering sources ranging from personal archives to online documents and including books, reports, official documents and printed media.
Author : Robert J. Caputi
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781575910277
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement written by Robert J. Caputi and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book details the course of that historiographical debate, beginning with the earliest accounts on appeasement from l938 through 1940.".
Author : Keith Jeffery
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143119990
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book The Secret History of MI6 written by Keith Jeffery and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authorized history of the world's oldest and most storied foreign intelligence service, drawing extensively on hitherto secret documents Britain's Special Intelligence Service, commonly called MI6, is not only the oldest and most storied foreign intelligence unit in the world - it is also the only one to open its archives to an outside researcher. The result, in this authorized history, is an unprecedented and revelatory look at an organization that essentially created, over the course of two world wars, the modern craft of spying. Here are the true stories that inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond's novels and John le Carré George Smiley novels. Examining innovations from invisible ink and industrial-scale cryptography to dramatic setbacks like the Nazi sting operations to bag British operatives, this groundbreaking history is as engrossing as any thriller - and much more revealing. "Perhaps the most authentic account one will ever read about how intelligence really works." -The Washington Times
Author : Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191542245
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Austerity in Britain written by Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-05-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austerity in Britain is the first book to explore the entire episode of rationing, austerity, and fair shares from 1939 until 1955. These policies were central to the British war effort and to post-war reconstruction. The book analyses the connections between government policy, consumption, gender, and party politics during and after the Second World War. The economic background to austerity, the policy's administration, and changes in consumption standards are examined. Rationing resulted in at times extensive black markets and popular attitudes to the policy ranged from wartime acquiescence to post-war discontent. Austerity in Britain qualifies the myth of common sacrifice on the home front and highlights the limitations of the fair-shares policy which failed to achieve genuine equality between classes or between men and women. The continuation of rationing and austerity policies after 1945 was central to party politics. Disaffection, particularly among women, undermined Labour's popularity while the Conservatives' critique of austerity was instrumental to the party's victories at the general elections of 1951 and 1955.
Author : Andrew David Stedman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857736280
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Alternatives to Appeasement written by Andrew David Stedman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasing Hitler's Germany has been widely condemned. However, historians (and politicians) have been divided about the viability of alternative courses of action. Andrew David Stedman's illuminating new study of British foreign policy before World War II systematically analyses the various alternatives to appeasement - from isolationism to collective security to outright war - and examines their origins, risks and feasibility. It surveys the advocates of other strategies - including key thinkers and decision-makers such as Churchill, Eden, Amery, Beaverbrook and Halifax - and outlines the complexities of the decisions they faced, which have previously been largely overlooked. Marking a valuable new contribution to appeasement historiography, this is the first work to synthesise all the alternatives available to Chamberlain, as well as illuminating policy debate within the British government. Stedman provides a vigorous analysis of Chamberlain's assessment of each rival policy, and shows why ultimately, he opted for appeasement. Also contributing to debates on the use of appeasement in the modern world, this book will be essential reading for historians of World War II and the twentieth century, as well as scholars of International Relations
Author : Boris Johnson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698155564
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book The Churchill Factor written by Boris Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From London’s inimitable mayor, Boris Johnson, the story of how Churchill’s eccentric genius shaped not only his world but our own. On the fiftieth anniversary of Churchill’s death, Boris Johnson celebrates the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century. Taking on the myths and misconceptions along with the outsized reality, he portrays—with characteristic wit and passion—a man of contagious bravery, breathtaking eloquence, matchless strategizing, and deep humanity. Fearless on the battlefield, Churchill had to be ordered by the king to stay out of action on D-Day; he pioneered aerial bombing and few could match his experience in organizing violence on a colossal scale, yet he hated war and scorned politicians who had not experienced its horrors. He was the most famous journalist of his time and perhaps the greatest orator of all time, despite a lisp and chronic depression he kept at bay by painting. His maneuvering positioned America for entry into World War II, even as it ushered in England’s post-war decline. His openmindedness made him a trailblazer in health care, education, and social welfare, though he remained incorrigibly politically incorrect. Most of all, he was a rebuttal to the idea that history is the story of vast and impersonal forces; he is proof that one person—intrepid, ingenious, determined—can make all the difference.
Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000519368
Total Pages : 3894 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Routledge Library Editions: Historical Security written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 3894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 12-volume set contains titles originally published between 1957 and 1992. International in scope, the set looks at security and military history covering several battles, particularly the first and second world wars. Highlighting the difference between theory and practice, it also explores the people involved in the policy making and strategy of war, and the leaders tasked with carrying those decisions out.
Author : Elizabeth Durbin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429819676
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book New Jerusalems written by Elizabeth Durbin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1985. In the 1930s the Labour Party undertook a deliberate search for a viable economic programme to introduce a democratic socialism to Britain. Against the background of the economic turmoil of the period, a group of young economists working for the party thrashed out the theoretical and practical implications of the Keynesian revolution, the planning controversies and the new market socialism. New Jerusalems examines in detail this collective enterprise in economic policy-making. This title will be of great interest to scholars and students of political history.
