| General Staffs and Diplomacy before the Second World War Subjects: Humanities; Politics & International Relations; History; Military & Strategic Studies; International Relations; British History; European History; World/ International History; Modern History 1750-1945; Military & Naval History; History Reference; Social & Cultural History; Military Studies; Security Studies - Military & Strategic; This book, first published in 1978, examines the influence of the General Staffs upon the diplomacy of appeasement and rearmament between 1931 and 1941. The great question of European security and order, and their breakdown and the outbreak of the second world war, are examined here through the eyes of Cabinets and Foreign Offices as well as through the eyes of Chiefs of Staff. Adrian Preston |