Chamberlain, (Arthur) Neville
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Chamberlain, (Arthur) Neville (1869–1940) prime minister of England, (1937–40) born in Birmingham. At the beginning of
World War II, he tried to maintain peaceful relations with
Adolf Hitler and
Benito Mussolini through a policy of appeasement, engineering the Munich Pact in 1938, which gave Hitler the Sudeten (an area of Czechoslovakia, one fifth of the country and rich in natural resources) in addition to other areas that went to Hungary and Poland. When he returned to England in triumph, he proclaimed, “I believe it is peace in our time,” but his optimism had no basis and the failure of appeasement became obvious when Hitler invaded and conquered Czechoslovakia in 1939. After Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain guaranteed Poland against a similar fate, but, when Germany invaded Poland only months later, he declared war. His own party turned against him, and he was forced to resign when British forces were defeated in Norway.
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The Neville Chamberlain Diary Letters Volume 1: The Making of a Politician, 1915-20.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; Robert Self, ed. The Neville Chamberlain Diary Letters Volume 1: The...5. Robert Self, ed. The Neville Chamberlain Diary Letters Volume...credibility as editor by one iota. Neville Chamberlain was dedicated to his family...
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Was Neville Chamberlain really the failure portrayed by history?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/20/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...falls on September 3) and Chamberlain, Britain's bloodhound...to hostilities. What did Chamberlain do? A year before war was...truth, are they? To see Neville Chamberlain as exemplifying...never Premier). Although Neville Chamberlain himself was also...
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The Neville Chamberlain Diary Letters, Vols 1 and 2.
Magazine article from: History Today; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; The Neville Chamberlain Diary Letters, vols 1 and 2. The Making...ISBN 1-84014-692-3 (vol 2) Neville Chamberlain, generally considered dull...townsman'). So how do we get at the real Neville Chamberlain? The answer, Self tells...
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Sir Neville Chamberlain Was Not a Wimp
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/13/1993; 699 words
; Was Sir Neville Chamberlain...the symbol of Chamberlain's supineness...to "closet Chamberlains." Next, in...cowardice of the Chamberlains," and in the...compared to "Neville Chamberlain, the British...
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Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement.(Review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement Robert J. Caputi Susquehanna...observers and later historians. Was Neville Chamberlain an egomaniacal fool, a naive...vast literature of this subject, and Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement is an accomplished...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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ARCHIVE: I have in my hand; . . . the shortest suicide note in history. Chris Upton looks at the changing fortunes of Neville Chamberlain.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 7/9/2005; 700+ words
; ...hand. In September, 1938, Neville Chamberlain held up a piece of paper at...nation's greatest hero, poor Neville will inevitably be her greatest...In the eyes of the Left, Neville Chamberlain had switched overnight from...
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Hore-Belisha - Britain's Dreyfus? (the dismissal of PM Neville Chamberlain's Jewish Secretary of War, Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha)
Magazine article from: History Today; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...up history's verdict on Chamberlain's Secretary of State for...prejudices of the time and on the Chamberlain Government's capability...Michael Foot) dubbed Neville Chamberlain and his colleagues...impressing the Chancellor, Neville Chamberlain. He was a publicity...
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Why Chamberlain really fell. (British leader Neville Chamberlain in 1940)
Magazine article from: History Today; 12/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...occasion of the fall from power of Neville Chamberlain and his replacement as prime...notice to quit. Two days later Chamberlain had gone and Churchill had replaced...analysis, the critical event in Chamberlain's fall did not occur in the...
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Neville Chamberlain: Appeaser
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 3/12/2006; ; 632 words
; ...week (March 18) in 1869. Neville Chamberlain, Britain's prime minister...into war. Under appeasement, Chamberlain proposed to acquiesce to Hitler...more likely, not less. But in Chamberlain's defense, appeasement was...
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Chamberlain's treachery. (Neville Chamberlain)
Magazine article from: Canadian Dimension; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...ago, on September 29, 1938, Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister...third of three meetings between Chamberlain and Hitler in September 1938...British Cabinet minister whom Neville Chamberlain appointed as Foreign...
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Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Arthur Neville Chamberlain The English statesman Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) was prime minister of Great...Germany that culminated in the Munich Agreement of 1938. Neville Chamberlain was born on March 18, 1869, at Edgbaston...
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Chamberlain, Neville
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Chamberlain, Neville 1869-1940 Although Arthur Neville Chamberlain entered Parliament...increasing discontent with Chamberlain ’ s leadership erupted...Dutton, David. 2001. Neville Chamberlain . London: Arnold...
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Chamberlain, (Arthur) Neville
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Chamberlain, (Arthur) Neville (1869–1940). Prime...Party to maintain the coalition, but Neville agreed with Baldwin and Bonar Law...administration as chancellor of the Exchequer. Neville Chamberlain's years at the Treasury...
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Neville Chamberlain
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Neville Chamberlain (Arthur Neville Chamberlain), 1869-1940, British statesman; son of Joseph Chamberlain and half brother of Sir Austen Chamberlain . The first half of his career was spent in business and, after 1911, in the city government...
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Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain The English statesman Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937) held a number...Peace Prize in 1925. Austen Chamberlain was born in Birmingham...Helen, died in childbirth. Neville Chamberlain, Conservative...
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