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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Historiography of Appeasement -- Defining Public Opinion -- Locating Representations of Opinion -- Sources and Methodology -- 1 The Prelude to Munich -- Chamberlain and Daladier -- Residual Representations of Opinion -- 'War Anxiety' and Appeasement -- The Sudeten Crisis -- The Munich Conference -- 2 The Aftermath of Munich, October-December 1938 -- After the Honeymoon -- Domestic Politics: France -- Domestic Politics: Britain -- 'Tunis, Corsica, Nice!' Towards a politique de fermeté -- 3 Beware the Ides of March, January-March 1939 -- Another Munich? The Rome Visit, January 1939 -- Strengthening the Entente -- The French Left and the Quest for Cohesion -- 'Bursting optimism breaks through the clouds' -- Towards the Prague Coup -- 4 Repercussions of the Prague Coup -- The Immediate Aftermath -- Peace by Strength: British Conscription and French Redressement -- The 'Peace Front': Residual Perceptions of the Soviet Union -- The 'Peace Front': The Opening Exchanges -- 5 Appeasement after Prague -- 'Mourir pour Dantzig?' -- The Italian Problem -- Perceptions of Daladier and Chamberlain -- Danzig: Another Munich? -- Combating Propaganda -- 6 Public Opinion and the Triple Alliance Negotiations -- Public Aspirations, Governmental Uncertainty -- 'We Want Russia': Public Demand Intensifies -- Impasse -- 'Public opinion in all countries attaches the greatest importance to it' -- The Negotiations Collapse -- 7 From the Nazi-Soviet Pact to War -- The Nazi-Soviet Pact -- Final Efforts for Peace -- The Outbreak of War -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.