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Author:

Hucker, Daniel.

Title:

Public opinion and the end of appeasement in Britain and France / Daniel Hucker.

Publisher:

Ashgate,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

vii, 295 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain--Public opinion.--1936-1945--Public opinion.
France--Public opinion.--1914-1940--Public opinion.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Germany.
France--Foreign relations--Germany
Germany--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Germany--Foreign relations--France
Public opinion--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Public opinion--France--History--20th century.
Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Causes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The historiography of appeasement -- Defining public opinion -- Locating representations of opinion -- Sources & methodology -- The prelude to Munich -- Chamberlain & Daladier -- Residual representations of opinion -- "War anxiety" and appeasement -- The Sudeten crisis -- The Munich Conference -- The aftermath of Munich, October-December 1938 -- After the honeymoon -- Domestic politics : France -- Domestic politics : Britain -- "Tunis, Corsica, Nice!" : towards a politique de fermet©♭ -- Beware the ides of March, January-March 1939 -- Another Munich? : the Rome visit, January 1939 -- Strengthening the entente -- The French Left : a quest for cohesion -- "Bursting optimism breaks through the clouds" -- The Prague coup -- Repercussions of the Prague coup -- The immediate aftermath -- Peace by strength : British conscription & French redressement -- The "peace front" : residual perceptions of the Soviet Union -- The "peace front" : the opening exchanges -- Appeasement after Prague -- "Mourir pour Dantzig?" -- The Italian problem -- Perceptions of Daladier & Chamberlain -- Danzig : another Munich? -- Combating propaganda -- Public opinion and the Triple Alliance negotiations -- Public aspirations, governmental uncertainty -- "We want Russia" : public demand intensifies -- Impasse -- "Public opinion in all countries attaches the greatest importance to it" -- The negotiations collapse -- From the Nazi-Soviet Pact to war -- The Nazi-Soviet Pact -- Final efforts for peace -- The outbreak of war.

ISBN:

1409406261 (ebook)
9781409406266 (ebook)
1409406253 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781409406259 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)653483585

LCCN:

2010031154

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)