Author: Paul DoerrISBN: 9780719046728Publisher: Manchester University PressYear first published: 02 Apr 1998Pages: 304 Format: Paperback / softbackExplores British foreign policy, from the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. How did British leaders try to preserve the peace after Versailles? Why did they resort to appeasement when confronted by Adolf Hitler? To what extent were British leaders limited by public opinion, economics and global commitments? This text seeks to answer these questions, surveying the results of the Paris Peace Conference, and the crushing of the hopes of the 1920s under the impact of the Depression. British leaders are shown trying to cope with multiple crises in the 1930s, from Manchuria in 1931, to the final descent into war in 1939. The book also includes protraits of the leading actors and accounts of some of the famous meetings and events.
