Munich by David Faber

Munich by David Faber

On 30 September 1938 Neville Chamberlain flew back to London from his meeting at Munich with the German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler. As he paused on the aircraft steps, he held aloft the piece of paper which bore both his and the Führer's signature, the promise that Britain and Germany would never go to war with one another again. He had returned bringing 'Peace with honour - Peace for our Time.' Drawing on a wealth of original archival material, David Faber sheds new light on this extraordinary story, tracing the key incidents leading up to the meeting at Munich and its immediate aftermath: Lord Halifax's ill-fated visit to Hitler; Chamberlain's secret negotiations with Mussolini, and the Berlin scandal that rocked Hitler's régime. He takes us to Vienna, to the Sudetenland, and to Prague. In Berlin, we witness Hitler inexorably preparing for war; and in London, we watch helplessly as Chamberlain makes one supreme effort after another to appease Hitler.

David Faber was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He served as MP for Westbury between 1992 and 2001, is a member of the MCC Committee and Chairman of the charity Clouds. Now a writer and historian, he lives with his wife and three children in London.

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Title	Munich
Author	David Faber
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster Ltd
Year published	2008-09-01
Number of pages	528
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