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In this magisterial narrative, Zara Steiner traces the twisted road to war that began with Hitler's assumption of power in Germany. Covering a wide geographical canvas, from America to the Far East, Steiner provides an indispensable reassessment of the most disputed events of these tumultuous years.
Sommario
- Prologue
- Part I: Retreat from Internationalism, 1933-1938
- 1: Brown Dawn: The Rise of Hitler and the Death of Disarmament, 1933-1934
- 2: Uncertain Embraces: The European Powers and Nazi Germany, 1934-1935
- 3: The Assault on Versailles and Locarno: Ethiopia and the occupation of the Rhineland
- 4: The Remnants of Internationalism, 1936-1938
- 5: The Spanish Cockpit, 1935-1938
- 6: Rearmament and Appeasement 1936-1937
- 7: Appeasement Advances, 1937-1938
- 8: Illusions of Neutrality: Eastern Europe, 1936-1938
- 9: Whither the Soviet Union? Moscow and the West, 1936-1938
- 10: Thunder from the East: The Sino-Japanese Conflict and the European Powers, 1933-1938
- 11: Hitler Moves: Austria and Czechoslovakia, 1938
- 12: The Munich Settlement
- Part II: The Road to Hitler's War, 1938-1939
- 13: The Fog of Peace: Strategic Choices after Munich
- 14: Black Sun: Aggression and Deterrence
- 15: Darkening Skies: Peace Talking and War Planning in Britain and France
- 16: Unleashing the Dogs of War
- 17: Red Clouds: The Soviet Union and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939
- 18: Escape from War or Persecution? The Smaller Powers and the Jews
- 19: The Nightmare of the Dark: The Decisions for War
- Conclusion
Info autore
Zara Steiner, Emeritus Fellow, New Hall, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of the British Academy
Riassunto
In this magisterial narrative, Zara Steiner traces the twisted road to war that began with Hitler's assumption of power in Germany. Covering a wide geographical canvas, from America to the Far East, Steiner provides an indispensable reassessment of the most disputed events of these tumultuous years.
