328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
Neville Chamberlain, the Conservative Prime Minister who pursued the doomed policy of appeasing Hitler, is one of the most reinterpreted of modern British Prime Ministers.
Infamous on account of his declaration of having achieved ‘peace for our time’, Neville Chamberlain has often been portrayed as a social reformer out of sync with the times in which he lived. In this new biography, Nick Smart... Read more
Preface 1. Family and Early Life 2. Early Manhood 3. Birmingham Businessman 4. Birmingham Politics 5. Whitehall and Westminster 6. Member of Parliament 7. Politics and Ambition 1923–1929 8. Opposition and National Government 1929–1931 9. Chancellor Again 1931–1935 10. Foreign Policy, Kings and Rearmament 1935–1937 11. Prime Minister 12. War and Death
Biography
Nick Smart is Lecturer in History at the University of Plymouth.
'Smart has produced a valuable portrait.'– Tribune
"...his [Smart's] biography is a valuable addition to the literature concerning Neville Chamberlain's life and times." - Warren Dockter, University of Nottingham in European Review of History: Revue europeenne d'histoire
