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Fallen Bastions - The Central European Tragedy (Paperback, Main)
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Fallen Bastions was first published in 1939. In its seventieth
anniversary year, Faber Finds is proud to reissue it. G. E. R.
Gedye was a journalist, and more to the point, in the words of Hugh
Greene, 'That Gedye was the greatest British foreign correspondent
of the inter-war years can hardly be disputed'. Fallen Bastions is
his angriest and possibly his greatest book. From his vantage point
of Vienna, where he was central European correspondent for a number
of newspapers from 1925 to 1939, he saw the evils of Nazism earlier
than most. The book, in a vivid and compelling narrative, charts
the inexorable descent to the Nazi invasion of Austria, the
Anschluss, and finishes with the equally infamous piece of
irredentism, the occupation of the Sudetenland in the Czechoslovak
Republic. The book is a phillipic against not just Nazism but also
the policy of appeasement, to the extent that the Daily Telegraph
(not greatly in favour of appeasement, it must be admitted), sacked
him. The editor announced he had resigned by 'mutual consent'.
'That', Gedye sardonically commented, 'is corrrect. It is equally
correct that Herr Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia by ''mutual
consent'' with President Hacha.' Seldom can a subtitle - The
Central European Tragedy - have been more apt, and seldom has it
been told with more verve.
General
Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2009 |
First published: |
June 2009 |
Authors: |
G. E. R. Gedye
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Dimensions: |
135 x 216 x 37mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
522 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-25189-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
0-571-25189-7 |
Barcode: |
9780571251896 |
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