Hucker, Daniel.
Public opinion and the end of appeasement in Britain and France [electronic resource] / Daniel Hucker. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2011. - vi, 295 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The historiography of appeasement -- Defining public opinion -- Locating representations of opinion -- Sources & methodology -- The prelude to Munich -- Chamberlain & Daladier -- Residual representations of opinion -- "War anxiety" and appeasement -- The Sudeten crisis -- The Munich Conference -- The aftermath of Munich, October-December 1938 -- After the honeymoon -- Domestic politics : France -- Domestic politics : Britain -- "Tunis, Corsica, Nice!" : towards a politique de fermet�e -- Beware the ides of March, January-March 1939 -- Another Munich? : the Rome visit, January 1939 -- Strengthening the entente -- The French Left : a quest for cohesion -- "Bursting optimism breaks through the clouds" -- The Prague coup -- Repercussions of the Prague coup -- The immediate aftermath -- Peace by strength : British conscription & French redressement -- The "peace front" : residual perceptions of the Soviet Union -- The "peace front" : the opening exchanges -- Appeasement after Prague -- "Mourir pour Dantzig?" -- The Italian problem -- Perceptions of Daladier & Chamberlain -- Danzig : another Munich? -- Combating propaganda -- Public opinion and the Triple Alliance negotiations -- Public aspirations, governmental uncertainty -- "We want Russia" : public demand intensifies -- Impasse -- "Public opinion in all countries attaches the greatest importance to it" -- The negotiations collapse -- From the Nazi-Soviet Pact to war -- The Nazi-Soviet Pact -- Final efforts for peace -- The outbreak of war.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Public opinion--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Public opinion--History--France--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Causes.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Public opinion.--1936-1945
France--Foreign relations--Public opinion.--1914-1940
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Germany.
France--Foreign relations--Germany.
Germany--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Germany--Foreign relations--France.
Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
Electronic books.
DA578 / .H83 2011eb
940.53/112
Public opinion and the end of appeasement in Britain and France [electronic resource] / Daniel Hucker. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2011. - vi, 295 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The historiography of appeasement -- Defining public opinion -- Locating representations of opinion -- Sources & methodology -- The prelude to Munich -- Chamberlain & Daladier -- Residual representations of opinion -- "War anxiety" and appeasement -- The Sudeten crisis -- The Munich Conference -- The aftermath of Munich, October-December 1938 -- After the honeymoon -- Domestic politics : France -- Domestic politics : Britain -- "Tunis, Corsica, Nice!" : towards a politique de fermet�e -- Beware the ides of March, January-March 1939 -- Another Munich? : the Rome visit, January 1939 -- Strengthening the entente -- The French Left : a quest for cohesion -- "Bursting optimism breaks through the clouds" -- The Prague coup -- Repercussions of the Prague coup -- The immediate aftermath -- Peace by strength : British conscription & French redressement -- The "peace front" : residual perceptions of the Soviet Union -- The "peace front" : the opening exchanges -- Appeasement after Prague -- "Mourir pour Dantzig?" -- The Italian problem -- Perceptions of Daladier & Chamberlain -- Danzig : another Munich? -- Combating propaganda -- Public opinion and the Triple Alliance negotiations -- Public aspirations, governmental uncertainty -- "We want Russia" : public demand intensifies -- Impasse -- "Public opinion in all countries attaches the greatest importance to it" -- The negotiations collapse -- From the Nazi-Soviet Pact to war -- The Nazi-Soviet Pact -- Final efforts for peace -- The outbreak of war.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Public opinion--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Public opinion--History--France--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Causes.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Public opinion.--1936-1945
France--Foreign relations--Public opinion.--1914-1940
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Germany.
France--Foreign relations--Germany.
Germany--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Germany--Foreign relations--France.
Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
Electronic books.
DA578 / .H83 2011eb
940.53/112