In the shadow of Munich : British policy towards Czechoslovakia from the endorsement to the renunciation of the Munich agreement (1938-1942) / / Vít Smetana

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827490803321
• Autore: Smetana Vít
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Prague : , : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press, , 2014
• ISBN: 80-246-2819-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.410437
• Soggetti: Great Britain Foreign relations Czechoslovakia; Czechoslovakia Foreign relations Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Aims and methodology; Bibliographical essay; Structure of the book; British foreign policy and Czechoslovakia before Munich 1938 (Historical introduction); British strategies in the inter-war period; The 'Czechoslovak year': 1938; Britain and the crumbling of Czechoslovakia (30 September 1938 - 15 March 1939); The implementation of Munich and its immediate impact upon British politics; The question of the Munich guarantee; Britain's policy towards Central Europe between Munich and 15 March 1939; Towards the March ides; Towards the outbreak of war (15 March - 3 September 1939)The immediate repercussions of the March ides in British politics; British international efforts between 15 March and the outbreak of the war; Military and economic implications of the German subjugation of Czechoslovakia; 'The Czech gold scandal'; Britain and independent Slovakia; Britain's de facto recognition of German annexation and the question of the Czechoslovak balances (a; The problem of the Czechoslovak Legation in London; Conclusion; British attitudes towards the development of Czechoslovak political representation in exile (October Britain's assistance to refugees from Czechoslovakia, 1938-1939; Britain's attitudes to the formation of Czechoslovak political representation abroad before the outb; Czechoslovakia and the British war aims; The recognition of the ; Czechoslovak National Committee; Towards the Provisional Government; Conclusion; The other life of Munich and the 'unbearable lightness' of provisional status (July 1940 - July 1941; The legacy of Munich and the battles for history; Establishing the governing structures in exile The thorny way to full recognition - stage 1; The thorny way to full recognition - stage 2; Conclusion; Planning for the future while looking to the past (1940-1942); The Polish-Czechoslovak Confederation in British, Polish and Czechoslovak plans; The question of the Czechoslovak frontiers and the origins of 'permanent solution' of the Sudeten German issue; Conclusion; General conclusions; Bibliography; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The book In the Shadow of Munich. British Policy towards Czechoslovakia from the Endorsement to the Renunciation of the Munich Agreement (1938 to 1942) analyses the varying attitudes and gradual change of British policy towards Czechoslovakia in the period from the Munich Conference in September 1938 to August 1942 when the British government proclaimed the Munich Agreement as dead and thus having no influence whatsoever on the future territorial settlement. The key focus of this work lies in the influence of 'Munich' upon the British political scene and upon the resulting British policy toward