Appeasement: Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War - Tim Bouverie
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A New York Times Editors’ Choice Sunday Times (UK) best seller
A gripping new history of the British appeasement of Hitler on the eve of World War II
On a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stepped off an airplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory. It was, he later assured the crowd in Downing Street, “peace for our time.” Less than a year later, Germany invaded Poland and the Second World War began.
Appeasement is a groundbreaking history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy, and parliamentary infighting that enabled Hitler’s domination of Europe. Drawing on deep archival research and sources not previously seen by historians, Tim Bouverie has created an unforgettable portrait of the ministers, aristocrats, and amateur diplomats who, through their actions and inaction, shaped their country’s policy and determined the fate of Europe.
Beginning with the advent of Hitler in 1933, we embark on a fascinating journey from the early days of the Third Reich to the beaches of Dunkirk. Bouverie takes us not only into the backrooms of Parliament and 10 Downing Street but also into the drawing rooms and dining clubs of fading imperial Britain, where Hitler enjoyed surprising support among the ruling class and even some members of the royal family.
Both sweeping and intimate, Appeasement is not only an eye-opening history but a timeless lesson on the challenges of standing up to aggression and authoritarianism - and the calamity that results from failing to do so.
Listening Length: 22 hours and 3 minutes
https://www.amazon.com/Appeasement-Tim-Bouverie-audiobook/dp/B07RM9J485
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41968269-appeasement
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This post has 9 comments with rating of 4/5
October 3rd, 2021
This idea of “appeasement” is total B&S.
We always hear of the “appeasement” made to Hitler by Chamberlain, but what you never hear is that if he hadn’t “appeased” Hitler, thus delaying the war, the British would have been immediately defeated. They had an inventory of something like only eight Spitfire fighters and other equally diminished military hardware. But the time Chamberlain bought by his so-called appeasement gave Britain time to arm itself.
October 4th, 2021
@Brillo Spot on.
October 4th, 2021
But Hitler was gambling. Each step was testing the mettle & resolve of the Western powers. When he remilitarised the Rhineland, German forces were commanded to withdraw if they met with any opposition whatsoever by the French or British. They met none.
Appropriate opposition rather than craven appeasement - spending several years giving in to all German territorial demands - would probably have delayed the war still further.
October 4th, 2021
It’s true that by the time Munich happened, Britain fell behind in the arms race. But it’s also true that in 1933, Germany had hardly any military power, so a pushback back then would have neutralized or topple Hitler. And even in 1938, Czechoslovakia was in better shape to resist initial Nazi attack than Poland a year later, so backing it while doing a crash rearmament could very well have worked.
October 5th, 2021
Brillo:
This is flawed logic. Germany attacked Britain when Germany was good and ready to attack. Chamberlain’s actions / inaction’s in no way delayed the inevitable. His machinations did however not give Britain the head start it needed to arm itself. The result of which was a mad dash to arm and prepare itself, and it was almost too late. Determination, leadership, luck and dare I say it the grace of God that won the day.
October 7th, 2021
There’s a pretty interesting book by Harry Turtledove called “The War That Came Early” that’s all about what would have happened if Appeasement wasn’t tried, using accurate military figures for the time. Basically Hitler invades Czechoslovakia and easily wins but loses all the captured Czech tanks and military firepower that in our timeline he was able to use in his conquests of Poland and Germany (since the Czechs actually had pretty good tanks)since those were destroyed in the fighting. So when Germany eventually invades France in 1940 it’s actually stopped because Germany lacked the Panzer numbers it had in actual WW2.
October 12th, 2021
While this book may be a groundbreaking revelation, blah and yada, the READER- John Sessions (remember well that name) is truly AWFUL. If he was trying to impart drama to a story he perceived as a potentially dry discourse on international relations, his stentorian and pontifical pronouncements render this work nearly un-listenable: my ears bleed with every Churchillian declamation. It’s like listening to an actor of an earlier vintage read the list corn flake ingredients- Funny for a moment but ultimately rendering the topic indigestible. I’ll give it two stars because I’m the kind of guy who leaves tips even when service is bad.
November 9th, 2021
CAG,
Yes, I agree. I’ve gone half way through the book, and feel it’s punishment to listen to. I’m so interested in the topic, but find the reader awful.
I find he goes from speaking quietly, as an aside, to yelling, like an old man yelling at kids on his lawn. And his speed alters too. I can’t compensate.
Sad, haven’t given up on a book in a while. (The last one was Stephen Kotkin’s Stalin - extremely boring.)
May 13th, 2026
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