The Runciman Mission to Czechoslovakia 1938: Prelude to Munich

By Paul Vysny

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333731360
• ISBN13: 9780333731369
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.8"