Apaciguar a Hitler

El 30 de septiembre de 1938, el primer ministro brit?nico, Neville Chamberlain, reci?n llegado de M?nich, anunciaba que su reuni?n con Hitler hab?a evitado la mayor crisis de la ?poca contempor?nea y que la «paz para nuestra era estaba asegurada. Menos de un a?o despu?s, Alemania invad?a Polonia y estallaba la Segunda Guerra Mundial Apaciguar a Hitler es el brillante relato del desastroso periodo de inacci?n pol?tica que permiti? la consolidaci?n del r?gimen nazi. Narrado de forma trepidante y repleto de escenas memorables, este libro es el resultado de una profunda y exhaustiva investigaci?n, ofrece un retrato perturbador e inquietante de los ministros, arist?cratas y diplom?ticos amateurs de la ?poca, y desvela los mercadeos y vulgares intereses, las falsedades y posverdades que hicieron possible el ascenso del nazismo y acabaron provocando la gran deflagraci?n. Desde los comienzos del Tercer Reich, con la llegada al poder de Hitler en 1933, hasta los tr?gicos sucesos acontecidos en las playas de Dunquerque, Tim Bouverie no solo narra un momento hist?rico de gran envergadura, sino tambi?n una lecci?n atemporal sobre las dificultades de alzarse en contra de la agresividad y el autoritarismo y las calamidades que resultan de no hacerlo. «Tim Bouverie cuenta la historia del apaciguamiento con destreza, entusiasmo y garbo, y explora de manera brillante las mentalidades subyacentes a las decisiones pol?ticas. -Ian kershaw ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER - A gripping new history of the British appeasement of Hitler on the eve of World War II "An eye-opening narrative that makes for exciting but at times uncomfortable reading as one reflects on possible lessons for the present."--Antonia Fraser, author of Mary Queen of Scots On a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stepped off an airplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory. It was, he later assured the crowd in Downing Street, peace for our time. Less than a year later, Germany invaded Poland and the Second World War began. Appeasement is a groundbreaking history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy and parliamentary infighting that enabled Hitler's domination of Europe. Drawing on deep archival research and sources not previously seen by historians, Tim Bouverie has created an unforgettable portrait of the ministers, aristocrats, and amateur diplomats who, through their actions and inaction, shaped their country's policy and determined the fate of Europe. Beginning with the advent of Hitler in 1933, we embark on a fascinating journey from the early days of the Third Reich to the beaches of Dunkirk. Bouverie takes us not only into the backrooms of Parliament and 10 Downing Street but also into the drawing rooms and dining clubs of fading imperial Britain, where Hitler enjoyed surprising support among the ruling class and even some members of the royal family. Both sweeping and intimate, Appeasement is not only an eye-opening history but a timeless lesson on the challenges of standing up to aggression and authoritarianism--and the calamity that results from failing to do so.