Neville Chamberlain. Gentleman with an umbrella
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The surname Chamberlain is known to us for almost everyone thanks to the Flashmob, popular in the 1920s, “Our answer to Chamberlain!”, The proverb (to whom and for what the answer was required, the reader recognizes in the course of the narrative) The book We are talking about the youngest of the famous Dynasty of Chamberlain - Neville (1869-1940), who managed to ascend to the top of the power of the British Empire - to become the Prime Minister. It was this chamberlain, who received the nickname "Gentleman with an umbrella, who flew three times to Hitler in September 1938 and essentially convinced him to sign the Munich agreement, while believing that it guarantees the" peace for our generation ". And it was this Chamberlain after 11 months that will turn the German-Polish conflict into the Second World War. The historian Morgan Devlin, who has been studying the policy of the British Empire for many years, represents a fundamentally new book for the Russian reader - the first biography of N. Chamberlain in Russian, based on his diaries, personal letters, records and memoirs of his environment ... Chamberlain, whose name and in the USSR in the USSR , and in modern Russia - a synonym for "betrayal", appears in an unexpected light, leaving the question: "Do you need a policy to be a gentleman?" - And reveals the sad consequences of the answer "yes"
Author:
Author:Devlin Morgana Andreevna
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: Life of wonderful people
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-235-04247-6
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