Book contents
- Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement
- Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Churchill, Chamberlain and Historians
- 2 Personalities and Policymaking
- 3 Britain and the Balance of Power
- 4 The Darkening Scene
- 5 The Ethiopian and Rhineland Crises
- 6 Chamberlain Takes Charge
- 7 From the Anschluss to Munich
- 8 From Munich to Prague
- 9 Deterrence by Guarantee
- 10 The Test of War
- 11 Counterfactuals and Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Personalities and Policymaking
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2022
Book contents
- Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement
- Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Churchill, Chamberlain and Historians
- 2 Personalities and Policymaking
- 3 Britain and the Balance of Power
- 4 The Darkening Scene
- 5 The Ethiopian and Rhineland Crises
- 6 Chamberlain Takes Charge
- 7 From the Anschluss to Munich
- 8 From Munich to Prague
- 9 Deterrence by Guarantee
- 10 The Test of War
- 11 Counterfactuals and Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chamberlain and Churchill’s characters and attitudes to war are compared as a partial explanation of their different reactions to events in the 1930s. The two men are placed in the context of how foreign and defence policy was formed, and the principal people with whom they interacted in Whitehall are introduced. Particular attention is paid to the limitations of the intelligence services and to Churchill’s contacts and sources of information, including membership of an official committee on air defence.
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- Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement , pp. 15 - 47Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022