Alternative to Appeasement : Sir Robert Vansittart and Alliance Diplomacy, 1934-1937
Michael. Roi
Bok Engelsk 1997 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Santa Barbara : : ABC-CLIO, , 1997.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (212 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Rethinking Vansittart; 2. The Beginning: Vansittart's Strategic Vision and the DRC; 3. ""Deepening Shadows"": Death of Disarmament and the Stresa Solution, January 1934-June 1935; 4. ""The Worst of All Worlds"": The Abyssinian Crisis and the End of the Stresa Front, June 1935-February 1936; 5. Vansittart and Eden: Facing the Dictators, Though Not Together, 1936; 6. A Year of Grace: 1937; Conclusion: ""Mine Is a Story of Failure?""; Selected Bibliography; Index. - The years from 1934 to 1937 were a time during which the British Empire was confronted with the emergence of the triple threat of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy. The goal of British policy was easily defined: the protection and promotion of Britain's vast interests. While Neville Chamberlain and Sir Robert Vansittart agreed on the goal, they disagreed on the means to achieve it. Their disagreement stemmed partly from their different understandings of the nature of the Third Reich; Vansittart understood better than Chamberlain the implications of Hitler's Weltanschauung. But th
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| Emner | Vansittart, Robert : (NO-TrBIB)90364569
Diplomats - Biography - Great Britain Great Britain - Foreign relations Alternative to Appeasement: Sir Robert Vansittart and Alliance Diplomacy, 1934-1937. Vis mer... Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1910-1936. Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1936-1945. History & Archaeology Regions & Countries - Europe mellomkrigstiden diplomati utenrikspolitikk storbritannia |
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| ISBN | 0275959090
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