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Facing fascism : the Conservative party and the European dictators, 1935-1940 / N.J. Crowson.
LIBRA D727 .C76 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crowson, N. J.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in modern European history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conservative Party (Great Britain).
- History.
- Europe--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Europe.
- International relations.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Europe.
- Conservative Party (Great Britain)--History.
- Fascism--Europe.
- Fascism.
- Munich Four-Power Agreement (1938).
- Munich Four-Power Agreement.
- Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Politics and government.
- World War, 1939-1945--Causes.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
- Summary:
- By exploring new evidence gathered from diaries, memoirs and minutes, "Facing Fascisms" provides the complete historical context of the Conservative Party's foreign policy from 1930 to 1940.
- Contents:
- 1 Facing the dictators: attitudes and perceptions 19
- 2 Abyssinia to Guernica, 1935-7: the first challenges 51
- 3 Berchtesgaden to Poland, 1937-9: the descent to war 82
- 4 The rearmament debate, 1935-8 121
- 5 The call for national service, 1937-9 147
- 6 The prosecution of the war, September 1939 to May 1940 168.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [254]-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415153158
- OCLC:
- 36662892
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