Public opinion and the end of appeasement in Britain and France / Daniel Hucker.

Employing an innovative and unique methodological framework, the author distinguishes between two categories of representation: firstly, 'reactive' representations of opinion; and secondly, 'residual' representations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hucker, Daniel (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
Subjects:
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1936-1945 > Public opinion.
France > Foreign relations > 1914-1940 > Public opinion.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Germany.
France > Foreign relations > Germany.
Germany > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Germany > Foreign relations > France.
Public opinion > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Public opinion > France > History > 20th century.
Europe > Politics and government > 1918-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Causes.
Weltkrieg II > Vorgeschichte > Frankreich.
Weltkrieg II > Vorgeschichte > Grossbritannien.
Diplomatic relations.
Politics and government.
Public opinion.
War > Causes.
Europe.
France.
Germany.
Great Britain.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
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Physical Description:vi, 295 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The historiography of appeasement
  • Defining public opinion
  • Locating representations of opinion
  • Sources & methodology
  • The prelude to Munich
  • Chamberlain & Daladier
  • Residual representations of opinion
  • "War anxiety" and appeasement
  • The Sudeten crisis
  • The Munich Conference
  • The aftermath of Munich, October-December 1938
  • After the honeymoon
  • Domestic politics : France
  • Domestic politics : Britain
  • "Tunis, Corsica, Nice!" : towards a politique de fermeté
  • Beware the ides of March, January-March 1939
  • Another Munich? : the Rome visit, January 1939
  • Strengthening the entente
  • The French Left : a quest for cohesion
  • "Bursting optimism breaks through the clouds"
  • The Prague coup
  • Repercussions of the Prague coup
  • The immediate aftermath
  • Peace by strength : British conscription & French redressement
  • The "peace front" : residual perceptions of the Soviet Union
  • The "peace front" : the opening exchanges
  • Appeasement after Prague
  • "Mourir pour Dantzig?"
  • The Italian problem
  • Perceptions of Daladier & Chamberlain
  • Danzig : another Munich?
  • Combating propaganda
  • Public opinion and the Triple Alliance negotiations
  • Public aspirations, governmental uncertainty
  • "We want Russia" : public demand intensifies
  • Impasse
  • "Public opinion in all countries attaches the greatest importance to it"
  • The negotiations collapse
  • From the Nazi-Soviet Pact to war
  • The Nazi-Soviet Pact
  • Final efforts for peace
  • The outbreak of war.