Book description
?If we in Great Britain are resolute and wise there will emerge from
this catastrophe something which may well give hope to the world? First
published in 1939 as a Penguin Special, this is the original
best-selling account of why Britain went to war with Germany. In simple
terms it describes the stages of Adolf Hitler?s ruthless pursuit for
power, identifies his methods of deception and false diplomacy, and
details his terrifying use of force that rendered peaceful negotiation
increasingly difficult, and finally impossible. Shining a light on
Hitler?s early life and character, Harold Nicolson reveals the
dictator?s political theories in Mein Kampf, and explains the strategies
he adopted in seizing the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia and later
Poland. Written with clarity and insight, and read widely by soldiers
during World War II, the final message of hope and peace is as relevant
today as it was in 1939. This facsimile edition includes a new
introduction by Andrew Roberts, best-selling author of The Storm of War;
Masters and Commanders and Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership.
Sir Harold Nicolson was an English diplomat, author, diarist and
politician. Books written by Nicolson include:
Peacemaking 1919
(1933), Curzon
(1934), The Congress of Vienna
(1946) and King George V
(1952), Good Behaviour
(1956), The Age of Reason
(1961) and Kings, Courts and Monarchy
. His three-volume Diaries and Letters
(1966-68) is a valuable document of British social and political life
from 1930 to 1964. Harold Nicolson died in 1968.
