The Impact of Hitler: British Politics and British Policy, 1933-1940 (Phoenix Book; P747) [Paperback]

Maurice Cowling (Author)

Book Description

Series: Phoenix Book; P747 | Publication Date: August 1977

In his book, Mr Cowling describes the relationship between British party politics and the conduct of British foreign policy between Hitler's arrival in office in 1933 and Chamberlain's resignation in May 1940. He sets British policy in the context of European, Imperial, League, national and isolational sentiments and takes account of the strategic and financial limitations within which decisions were made. He shows how far prime ministers, foreign secretaries and the cabinet responded to parliamentary criticism, and argues that, from mid-1936 onwards, foreign policy and the prospects of the party system were so intimately connected that neither can be understood in isolation from the other.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Book Description

Maurice Cowling describes the relationship between British party politics and the conduct of British foreign policy between Hitler's arrival in office in 1933 to Chamberlain's resignation in 1940. He sets British foreign policy in the context of European, Imperial, League, national and isolational sentiments and takes account of the strategic and financial limitations with which decisions were made. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 445 pages
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press (August 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226116603
• ISBN-13: 978-0226116600
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,277,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Nonfiction > Politics > Practical Politics

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