The Impact of Hitler 1933-1940: British Politics and British Policy 1933-1940 (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics)

In his book, Mr Cowling describes the relationship between British party politics and the conduct of British foreign policy between Hitler's arrival in office in 1933 and Chamberlain's resignation in May 1940. He sets British policy in the context of European, Imperial, League, national and isolational sentiments and takes account of the strategic and financial limitations within which decisions were made. He shows how far prime ministers, foreign secretaries and the cabinet responded to parliamentary criticism, and argues that, from mid–1936 onwards, foreign policy and the prospects of the party system were so intimately connected that neither can be understood in isolation from the other. Prologue: The Unfolding Of The Problem. The Recovery Of The Labour Party ; The Rejection Of Lloyd George ; The Function Of The League Of Nations. -- Pt. I. The New Departure. The Failure Of The League Of Nations ; Chamberlain And Eden ; Chamberlain And Hitler. -- Pt. Ii. The Opposition. The Labour Party ; Eden, Churchill And Their Allies. -- Pt. Iii. The Effect. Halifax ; Chamberlain, Churchill, And Hitler ; The Declaration Of War. -- Pt. Iv. The Politics Of Easy Victory. Chamberlain And The War ; The Fall Of Chamberlain. -- Conclusion. -- Appendix: The Actors. Maurice Cowling. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [421]-426.