Fighting Churchill, Appeasing Hitler: How a British Civil Servant Helped Cause the Second World War
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ISBN : 9781785904752
Category : British History
Format : Hardback
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Phillips deepens the common understanding of such well-known events as Chamberlain s September 1938 Munich visit by focusing on the role played by Sir Horace Wilson, a senior civil servant with no foreign policy background who served as the prime minister s aide and confidante. -- Publisher's Weekly

This fascinating study is a model of historical sleuthing. Vigorously researched, it should appeal widely to history buffs. --Library Journal

Adrian Phillips graduated in modern languages at Cambridge University and was fortunate enough to be able to use his language skills professionally. He worked as an investment analyst in London and Frankfurt for twenty-five years covering the German and French stock markets, with a particular interest in the political background to financial markets. He then took a postgraduate master's in modern history at Birmingham University, specialising in the policy machinery at 10 Downing Street during the 1930s. His first book, published in 2016, was The King Who Had to Go: Edward VIII, Mrs Simpson and the Hidden Politics of the Abdication Crisis, which broke new ground by looking at the steps the government took to outmanoeuvre the King. Since the book appeared, Adrian has made regular contributions to TV documentaries about the royal family.



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