Munich, 1938: Appeasement And World War Ii

On September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew back to London from his meeting in Munich with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. As he disembarked from the aircraft, he held aloft a piece of paper, which contained the promise that Britain and Germany would never go to war with one another again. He had returned bringing “Peace with honour—Peace for our time.” Drawing on a wealth of archival material, acclaimed historian David Faber delivers a sweeping reassessment of the extraordinary events of 1938, tracing the key incidents leading up to the Munich Conference and its immediate aftermath. It covers Lord Halifax’s ill-fated meeting with Hitler, Chamberlain’s secret discussions with Mussolini, and the Berlin scandal that rocked Hitler’s regime. The book takes readers to Vienna, the Sudetenland, and Prague, and provides a detailed view of Hitler’s preparations for war, despite opposition from his generals, and Chamberlain’s efforts to appease Hitler. It offers a detailed inside look at the negotiations and scandals that influenced the course of world history.