ABSTRACT

This book examines the Conservative party's responses to the problems of fascism from 1935 - 1940.
Crowson provides the historical context for the foreign policy of the period and examines the historiography of the Conservative party. He offers a new perspective on its policies and the reaction of its various elements to the deepening international crisis.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I

chapter 1|30 pages

Facing the dictators

Attitudes and perceptions

part |2 pages

Part II

chapter 2|31 pages

Abyssinia to Guernica, 1935–7

The first challenges

chapter 3|116 pages

Berchtesgaden to Poland, 1937–9

The descent to war