The making of the Second World War
First published in 1979. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
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Cover; THE MAKING OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION: THE MAKING OF THESECOND WORLD WAR; 1 Introduction: Sources and Historiography; 2 Aftermath, 1919-29; 3 Breakdown, 1929-35; 4 Turning-point, 1935-7; 5 Appeasement, 1937-8; 6 The Approach of War, 1938-9; Notes and References; DOCUMENTS; 1932-6; 1 Ramsay MacDonald's attitude towards Germany, 10 October 1932; 2 General Weygand reviews French defence policy, 16 January 1933; 3 Mein Kampf, 1925; 4 Hitler's first speech to the generals, 3 February 1933. 5 Colonel Beck denies rumours that Poland is planning a preventive war against Germany, 4 May 19336 Sir Horace Rumbold's last dispatch, 30 June 1933; 7 Sir John Simon believes Italy is the key to peace, 7 September 1933; 8 Sir Robert Vansittart on Germany, 7 April 1934; 9 François Piétri criticises the French Note of 17 April 1934; 10 Sir Warren Fisher argues for rapprochement with Japan, 19 April 1934; 11 State Secretary Bülow on Germany's internationalposition, August 1934; 12 Mussolini on Abyssinia, 10 August 1934; 13 Sir John Simon on German rearmament, 29 November 1934. 14 Mussolini on Abyssinia, 30 December 193415 Anglo-German conversations, Berlin, 25-6 March 1935; 16 The British Cabinet considers its policy for the Stresa Conference, 8 April 1935; 17 Vansittart's views on Abyssinia, 8 June 1935; 18 Sir Eric Phipps on Hitler, 12 June 1935; 19 The Peace Ballot, July 1935; 20 Chatfield stresses the unreadiness of the three services for war with Italy, 8 August 1935; 21 Hoare explains British policy on Abyssinia, 24 August 1935; 22 France asks if Britain will enforce collective security in Europe, 10 September 1935. 23 Britain reserves her liberty of action as to how Article 16 of the Covenant should be applied, 24 September 193524 Edouard Herriot on French reactions to the Abyssinian crisis, 19 October 1935; 25 General Gamelin's notes on a meeting of the Haut Comité Militaire, 21 November 1935; 26 Paul Reynaud supports sanctions against Italy, 31 December 1935; 27 Pierre Laval and Mussolini exchange letters on Abyssinia, December 1935-January 1936; 1936-9; 28 Mussolini abandons Austria, 7 January 1936; 29 Report of a meeting of the Haut Comité Militaire, 18 January 1936. 30 French military leaders discuss Germany's reoccupation of the Rhineland, 8 March 193631 An American assessment of European affairs, 9 March 1936; 32 André François-Poncet on the Franco-Soviet Pact, 25 March 1936; 33 General Badoglio warns Gamelin of the consequences of sanctions, 10 June 1936; 34 The Quai d'Orsay takes stock of France's alliances, 30 June 1936; 35 The American ambassador in France on the reasons why the Blum government refuses to supply arms to the Spanish Republic, 27 July 1936
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