Includes bibliographical references (p. [1082]-1116) and index.
Contents:
Brown dawn: the rise of Hitler and the death of disarmament, 1933-1934 -- Uncertain embraces: the European powers and Nazi Germany, 1934-1935 -- The assault on Versailles and Locarno: Ethiopia and the remilitarization of the Rhineland -- The remnants of internationalism, 1936-1937 -- The Spanish cockpit, 1936-1937 -- 'Loaded pause': remarmament and appeasement, 1936-1937 -- Illusions of neutrality: Eastern Europe, 1936-1938 -- Whither the Soviet Union? Moscow and the West, 1936-1938 -- Thunder from the East: the Sino-Japanese conflict and the European powers, 1933-1938 -- Hitler moves: Austria and Czechoslovakia, 1938 -- The Munich settlement -- The fog of peace: strategic choices after Munich -- Black sun: aggression and deterrence -- Darkening skies: peace talking and war planning in Britain and France -- Unleashing the dogs of war -- Red clouds: the Soviet Union and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939 -- Escape from war or persecution? The smaller powers and the Jews -- The nightmare of the dark: the decision for war -- Appendices: Statistical tables -- Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of selected European powers -- Chronology of international events, 1933-1941.
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