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Lädt ... The Bell of Treason: The 1938 Munich Agreement in Czechoslovakia (2018. Auflage)von P. E. Caquet (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. "With friends like these, who needs enemies?" What the French and British did to Czechoslovakia was inexcusable. There have been many books written about this and many have tried to paint a rosy picture concerning the treacherous way that the two powers reneged on their treaty obligations in the name of "peace". Caquet makes a very compelling argument that Hitler may have been stopped both externally (the German war machine was not sustainable in 1938) and internally (military staff plotting to get rid of Hitler if war was started) had the major powers just honored their obligations as written. Instead, Hitler was able to enlarge its military with the Czech stockpile and keep its military supplied with the Czech manufacturing infrastructure. The Great War was started because no one was willing to seek out a peaceful solution. World War 2 was started because that was the only thing that they wanted to do. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"Drawing on a wealth of previously unexamined material, this staggering account sheds new light on the responsibility of England and France for the dire consequences of this landmark agreement. On returning from Germany on 30 September 1938 after his agreement with Hitler on the carve-up of Czechoslovakia, Neville Chamberlain addressed the British crowds: "My good friends ... I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Go home and get a nice quiet sleep." Winston Churchill commented: "You have chosen dishonor and you will have war." P.E. Caquet's history of the events leading to the Munich Agreement and its aftermath is told for the first time from the point of view of the peoples of Czechoslovakia. Basing his account on countless previously unexamined sources, including Czechoslovakian press, memoirs, private journals, military plans, parliamentary records, film and radio, Caquet presents one of the most shameful episodes in modern European history in a tragic new shape. The result is a nail-biting story of diplomatic intrigue, perhaps the nearest thing to a morality play that history ever furnishes. The Czechoslovakian authorities were Cassandras in their own country, the only ones who could see Hitler's threat for what it was, and appeasement as the disaster it proved to be. In Caquet's devastating account, their doomed struggle against extinction and the complacency of their notional allies finally gets the memorial it deserves"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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