The Bell of Treason

The 1938 Munich Agreement in Czechoslovakia

P. E. Caquet

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English

Profile
26 September 2018

History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000

On returning from Germany on 30 September 1938 after his agreement with Hitler on the carve-up of Czechoslovakia, Neville Chamberlain spoke to the crowds at 10 Downing Street: 'My good friends... I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.' Winston Churchill commented dryly: 'We have chosen shame and will get war.'

Pierre Caquet's history of the events leading to the Munich Agreement and its aftermath is told for the first time from the point of view of the peoples of Czechoslovakia and the many Germans and others (including Thomas Mann) who had taken refuge there from the Nazis.

Basing his account on countless previously unexamined sources including the press, memoirs, private journals, military plans, parliamentary records, film and radio, Pierre Caquet presents the familiar tale of one of the most shameful episodes in modern European history in a tragic new shape.

By: P. E. Caquet
Imprint: Profile
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781781257104
ISBN 10: 1781257108
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 26 September 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

P.E. Caquet is a senior member of Hughes Hall, Cambridge. His PhD was published as The Orient, the Liberal Movement, and the Eastern Crisis of 1839-41. Before studying as a historian at Cambridge, he lived for ten years in Prague. He is fluent in Czech, Slovak, French, and German.

Reviews for The Bell of Treason: The 1938 Munich Agreement in Czechoslovakia

'The disastrous 1938 Munich conference eighty years ago is usually seen from the vantage point of the victorious Hitler or the supine Anglo-French. Caquet's superb new account restores agency and subjectivity to the Czechoslovaks. Grippingly written with an eye for drama and dialogue, this book shows how close they came to resisting and just how traumatic the outcome was, not only for them but for the German democrats handed over to the Third Reich'. -- Brendan Simmons author of Britain's Europe 'What strikes the modern reader is how this is so much more than history - it is a frightening exploration of dangers that face us today: fake news, lying politicians, and narrow-minded nationalisms all conspiring to threaten what is decent and open and honest. In this respect The Bell of Treason is more than compelling reading: it is essential -- Simon Mawer, author of The Glass Room