I enjoyed *Making Friends with Hitler*: *Lord Londonderry, the Nazis, and the Road to War* by Ian Kershaw. Londonderry was a cousin of Churchill and the author uses his life to examine the men behind the policy of appeasement generally. It is a brisk read.
Bill Jolly Southaven, MS On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Bill Loytty <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm currently reading Andrew Roberts interesting bio of Lord Halifax, The > Holy > Fox<http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Fox-Life-Lord-Halifax/dp/1857994728/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264781599&sr=8-1>(link > goes to amazon) . It's gotten me interested in reading more about the > other leading appeasers. Does anyone know of a good, accessible, one volume > work on Chamberlain or Wilson or others of their ilk? (hopefully one that > wont bore me to tears). > > While I think that the appeasers deserve most of the opprobrium they've > gotten in the last 70 years, I'd like to read more on their successes and > failures before the 30s, to try and understand why they were so blind (like > much of their contemporaries) to the danger Hitler posed. > > Regards, > > Bill > > --- > Bill Loytty > [email protected] > http://blog.loytty.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<churchillchat%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
