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Neville Chamberlain

David Dutton

出版	Arnold, 2001
主題	Biography & Autobiography / PoliticalHistory / Europe / Great Britain / General
ISBN	03407062609780340706268
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rl-iswEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

"Yet had he died in 1937 rather than 1940, he would be remembered for the many reforms he engineered as Minister of Health and for his well-managed and prudent policies as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the wake of the Great Depression. As it turned out, his reputation hangs mainly on assessment of his actions in foreign policy during his three years as Prime Minister. What Dutton shows us with great skill is how the different elements of reputation have come together, and how (if at all) they have been influenced by the evidence, how by the time, manner, or purpose of composition. The Chamberlain we think we know is revealed as a complex amalgam of the historical figure and the constellation of opinions that have wrapped themselves around his motives and actions in the quest for 'Peace for our time'.