The Runciman mission to Czechoslovakia, 1938 : prelude to Munich / Paul Vyšný.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vyšný, Paul, 1944-

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Czechoslovakia--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Czechoslovakia.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Czechoslovakia.

Great Britain.

Runciman, Walter Runciman, Viscount, 1870-1949.

Runciman, Walter Runciman.

Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.

Europe.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 376 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

This book explores Lord Runciman's mediation in Central Europe, which provides a sharp insight into British policy on the eve of World War II. Without clear objectives--other than to avoid war--his mission did little more than pressure Czechoslovakia for concessions. Runciman was manipulated into that position by Sudeten German separatists and also by those in Britain who sought to secure a rapprochement with Germany. The Mission's pursuit of that objective led directly to Chamberlain's fateful flying visits to Hitler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-363) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0333731360

OCLC:

50251996

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