Chamberlain

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-1-904950-62-2
Verlag: Haus Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

Reihe: British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century

Neville Chamberlain, the Conservative politician, was prime minister from 1937-40. When Baldwin retired in 1937, Chamberlain was his natural successor. By then there was a single dominant issue in world affairs - the aggressive intentions of Nazi Germany. The majority in Britain hoped that a peaceful solution could be found for Germany's claims on areas of other countries with German populations, and Chamberlain was a willing spokesman for this policy of appeasement. With the agreement at Munich in 1938 he effectively abandoned Czechoslovakia, but immediately accelerated Britain's rearmament program and the following year declared that Britain would defend Poland. This commitment led, in September 1939, to the start of World War II. He brought into his war cabinet the leading opponent of appeasement, Winston Churchill. The failure of the campaign in Norway in April 1940 led to his resignation, being succeeded by Churchill.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macklin, Graham

Über Autor(innen)

Macklin, Graham
Dr Graham Macklin is manager of the research service at the National Archives. His main academic interests were in British fascism, post-war fascism, and right-wing terrorism. He is working on a biography of the British fascist A K Chesterton, which entailed looking closely at areas of Chamberlain's politics which are often ignored, such as the close relationship in those years between Conservative Central Office and the fascist fringe magazine Truth.

Dr Graham Macklin is manager of the research service at the National Archives. His main academic interests were in British fascism, post-war fascism, and right-wing terrorism. He is working on a biography of the British fascist A K Chesterton, which entailed looking closely at areas of Chamberlain's politics which are often ignored, such as the close relationship in those years between Conservative Central Office and the fascist fringe magazine Truth.