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Appeasing Hitler

Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War

by Tim Bouverie

Publication: First published 2019
ISBNs: 9781784705749, 9781473547759, 9781847924407

Orwell Prize 2020 · Shortlist

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The political lead up to WWII from 1933 to Dunkirk in 1940

Prize history

Orwell Prize for Political Writing
2020

Shortlist

Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2020 shortlist

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