ABSTRACT
This book, first published in 1983, illustrates the domestic and internal dimension of appeasement and explores the political options open to the western powers in the run up to the Second World War. It looks at the factors pointing in the direction of a general settlement with the dictators: limitation of resources and strategic over-commitment by Britain; economic decline and financial exhaustion of France; lack of support from the United States and the Soviet Union.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|76 pages
Fascist Aggression and the West
part I|28 pages
The Crisis of the European Political Order
part II|47 pages
Foreign Policy Making in National Socialist Germany
part Two|130 pages
Appeasement Policies in Great Britain
part I|22 pages
The Policy-Makers
part II|73 pages
The Domestic Dimension
part III|34 pages
The Strategic Dimension
part Three|114 pages
Appeasement and the European Powers
part I|49 pages
France's Predicament
part II|26 pages
Italy and the Western Powers
part III|38 pages
Russia as a Factor in Appeasement Policies
part Four|107 pages
Appeasement in Global Perspective
part I|67 pages
The British Commonwealth and the Japanese Threat
part II|39 pages
The United States and The Fascist Powers