The Runciman Mission to Czechoslovakia 1938: Prelude to Munich

Lord Runciman's mediation in Central Europe provides a sharp insight into British policy on the eve of the Second World War. Without clear objectives - other than to avoid war - his mission did little more than pressure Czechoslovakia for concessions. Runciman was manipulated into that position by Sudeten German separatists and also by those in Britain who sought to secure a rapprochement with Germany. The Mission's pursuit of that objective led directly to Chamberlain's fateful flying visits to Hitler.

Author: P. Vysny
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 04/30/2003
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.88w x 1.16d
ISBN: 9780333731369

About the Author
PAUL VYSNY is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St Andrews. He is author of Neo-Slavism and the Czechs, 1898-1914