In this controversial and challenging study based on extensive
new work on Chamberlain's papers, John Charmley argues against the
commonly held view that Chamberlain's policy of appeasement towards
Hitler was naive and weak. By presenting the conflicting views of
Chamberlain, Eden and Churchill from the perspective of the pre-war
years, he outs forward the view that Chamberlain, correctly
foreseeing the long-term damage the war would do to Britain, was
justified in pursuing the chance of peace.
This is the first of three revisionist titles John Charmley
wrote challenging the accepted version of British foreign policy in
the mid-twentieth century; the other two titles are Churchill: The
End of Glory and Churchill's Grand Alliance. All three are being
reissued in Faber Finds.
'A concise and spirited defence of Chamberlain.' David Reynolds,
"Independent "
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