Britain, as the most powerful of the European victors of World War One, had a unique responsibility to maintain the peace in the aftermath of the Treaty of Versailles. The outbreak of a second, even more catastrophic war in 1939 has therefore always raised painful questions about Britain’s failure to deal with Nazism.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2005
Publisher: Penguin Books
Pages: 488
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780141014234
ISBN 10: 0141014237