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Neville Chamberlain - A Biography (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Neville Chamberlain - A Biography (Hardcover, New Ed)
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History has not looked kindly upon Neville Chamberlain. Despite a
long and distinguished political career, his trip to Munich in 1938
and the 'appeasement' of Hitler have forever overshadowed his many
other achievements and blighted his reputation, his name now
synonymous with the futility of trying to reason with dictators and
bullies. Yet, as this biography shows, there is much more to this
complex and intriguing character than is generally supposed, and
even the infamous events of 1938 are open to more charitable
interpretations than is usually the case. Appeasement brought the
British government crucial time in which to rearm, and in
particular allowed the RAF to drastically increase the number of
fighter aircraft it could muster for the Battle of Britain during
the summer of 1940. Based on the study of over 150 collections of
private papers on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as exhaustive
exploration of British government records held in the National
Archives, it is no exaggeration to say that the author has surveyed
virtually all the existing archival material written by or to
Chamberlain, as well as a high proportion of that referring to him.
As such, this volume will no doubt establish itself as the
definitive account of Chamberlain's life and career, and provide a
much fuller and fairer picture of his actions than has hitherto
been the case.
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