Showing Munich, 1938: Appeasement and World War II by David Faber

Paperback. Pub Date: 2010 09 Pages: 520 Publisher: Simon & Schuster The dramatic narrative account of the 1938 Munich appeasement conference in the which itain agreed to Adolf Hitler's annexation of the Sudetenland in return for his promise never to go to war again-before tumbling inexorably into World War II. A pivotal chapter in history: When itish Prime minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler signed an appeasement treaty in 1938. Chamberlain promised that the result would be peace in our time. David Faber sheds new light on the key incidents leading up to the munich meeting and its aftermath; in Berlin. we witness Hitler's relentless preparations for war. even in the face of opposition from his own party. while in London. we watch helplessly as Chamberlain seizes executive control from his own cabinet. and makes one supreme effort after another to appease the Fhrer....