The origins of World War II / / Keith Eubank

• Autore: Eubank Keith
• Pubblicazione: Wheeling, Illinois : , : Harlan Davidson, Inc., , 2004; ©2004
• Edizione: Third edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.53/11
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Causes; National socialism
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Politics and government 1918-1945; Germany Foreign relations 1933-1945; Germany Military policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface to the Third Edition ; Chapter 1: ""peace , "" 1918-1933 ; November 11 , 1918 ; The Treaty of Versailles ; French ""security "" ; German ""good Faith"" ; Economic Crisis ; Chapter 2: The Uneasy Peace, 1933-1935 ; Adolf Hitler ; Rearmament and Disarmament ; The Four-power Pact ; The Dollfuss Affair ; Germany''s Military Renaissance ; The Franco-soviet Pact ; The Anglo-german Naval Agreement ; Notes ; Chapter 3: Years of Crisis, 1935-1938 ; Mussolini and Ethiopia ; Hitler in the Rhineland ; The Popular Front and the Spanish Civil War ; Appeasement and Appeasers Notes ; Chapter 4: The Road to War, 1938 ; The Reichschancellery Meeting ; The Anschluss ; Crisis in Czechoslovakia ; The Munich Conference ; The End of Czechoslovakia ; Notes ; Chapter 5: War, 1 939 ; Danzig ; Appeasement Fails ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliographical Essay ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: More than 60 years have passed since the outbreak of the most catastrophic conflict the world has known: 30 million people dead and unbelievable devastation. In the 3rd edition of this popular volume, Keith Eubank seeks answers to the questions that have plagued us: Why, after the ghastly ordeal of World War I did Western powers undervalue the threat from Hitler? Why was there so much reluctance on the part of Britain and France to confront Germany? Why had Germany been permitted to rearm and to occupy independent nations without a struggle? What was the policy of appeasement? Why did the appe
• Titolo autorizzato: The origins of World War II
• ISBN: 1-118-81875-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460043003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: European horizons.