Neville Chamberlain

by David Dutton

Overview

Neville Chamberlain remains one of the most controversial figures of twentieth-century British politics. For many years he was admired, even revered, throughout Britain. After serving as Prime Minister, however, Chamberlain left office a reviled and disdained public figure. This book seeks to explain these extremes while offering the author's assessment of what Chamberlain's historical reputation ought to be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780340706275
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/04/2001
Series:	Reputations
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Sales rank:	678,364
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

David Dutton is Professor of Twentieth-Century British Political History, University of Liverpool, UK

Table of Contents

	General editorial preface	ix
	Preface	xi
	Acknowledgements	xiii
1	Introduction	1
2	In his own day	27
3	Guilty man	70
4	The Churchill factor	101
5	The growth of revisionism	125
6	The importance of evidence	155
7	Chamberlain: an assessment	189
	Chronology	225
	Bibliographical essay	230
	Index	237

Editorial Reviews

"Dutton shows a remarkable command of the historiographical thickets, and leads the reader through its labyrinths lucidly and with commendable dry wit." --Times Literary Supplement

"The clarity of Dutton's prose, his adept use of the primary sources, and his command of the secondary literature will impress every reader. Indeed the book is an exemplary historiographical analysis. Dutton's study of Neville Chamberlain and his political career should be made compulsory reading for history undergraduates." --The International History Review

From the Publisher

The clarity of Dutton's prose, his adept use of the primary sources, and his command of the secondary literature will impress every reader. Indeed the book is an exemplary historiographical analysis. Dutton's study of Neville Chamberlain and his political career should be made compulsory reading for history undergraduates.

The International History Review

Dutton shows a remarkable command of the historiographical thickets, and leads the reader through its labyrinths lucidly and with commendable dry wit.

Times Literary Supplement