Public opinion and the end of appeasement in Britain and France
By: Daniel Hucker
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781409406259; 9781409406266
Subjects: Politics and government; Public opinion; Causes; World War, 1939-1945; Foreign relations; History
Description: Employing an innovative and unique methodological framework, the author distinguishes between two categories of representation: firstly, 'reactive' representations of opinion; and secondly, 'residual' representations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The historiography of appeasement; title: Defining public opinion; title: Locating representations of opinion; title: Sources & methodology; title: The prelude to Munich; title: Chamberlain & Daladier; title: Residual representations of opinion; title: "War anxiety" and appeasement; title: The Sudeten crisis; title: The Munich Conference; title: The aftermath of Munich, October-December 1938; title: After the honeymoon; title: Domestic politics : France; title: Domestic politics : Britain; title: "Tunis, Corsica, Nice!" : towards a politique de fermeté; title: Beware the ides of March, January-March 1939; title: Another Munich? : the Rome visit, January 1939; title: Strengthening the entente; title: The French Left : a quest for cohesion; title: "Bursting optimism breaks through the clouds"; title: The Prague coup; title: Repercussions of the Prague coup; title: The immediate aftermath; title: Peace by strength : British conscription & French redressement; title: The "peace front" : residual perceptions of the Soviet Union; title: The "peace front" : the opening exchanges; title: Appeasement after Prague; title: "Mourir pour Dantzig?"; title: The Italian problem; title: Perceptions of Daladier & Chamberlain; title: Danzig : another Munich?; title: Combating propaganda; title: Public opinion and the Triple Alliance negotiations; title: Public aspirations, governmental uncertainty; title: "We want Russia" : public demand intensifies; title: Impasse; title: "Public opinion in all countries attaches the greatest importance to it"; title: The negotiations collapse; title: From the Nazi-Soviet Pact to war; title: The Nazi-Soviet Pact; title: Final efforts for peace; title: The outbreak of war.