Appeasing Hitler: The Diplomacy of Sir Nevile Henderson, 1937-39

Product description 02 This study of Sir Nevile Henderson is the first in the English language, and challenges the idea that Henderson was hopelessly pro-Nazi and failed to pass on British warnings to the Hitler government about its behavior. Henderson was sent to Berlin in 1937 to try to build bridges to the Nazi regime, and tried hard to do this. But he ultimately recognized that the Nazi government was "a gangster regime," while fighting to the last to preserve peace. This study of Sir Nevile Henderson is the first in the English language, and challenges the idea that Henderson was hopelessly pro-Nazi and failed to pass on British warnings to the Hitler government about its behavior. Henderson was sent to Berlin in 1937 to try to build bridges to the Nazi regime, and tried hard to do this. But he ultimately recognized that the Nazi government was "a gangster regime," while fighting to the last to preserve peace. About the Author Peter Neville is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century European History at the University of Wolverhampton.