Hitler and British Politics

Abstract

This odd, somewhat eccentric book, covers the well-trampled ground of British politics in the t 930s, upon which there is already an embarras, if not of richesses, at any rate of information.¹ It is not the less interesting for that, though Mr Cowling did not have the advantage of the active experience of that deplorable decade, which might have provided a corrective to his views. As it is, his book is useful for the information it conveys regarding the politicians chiefly engaged. There are one or two surprises: Austen Chamberlain, with his experience of foreign affairs, comes well out of the sorry story. He was practically right on all the main issues — a pity he had no influence on his half-brother, as ignorant as he was obstinate about foreign affairs, who comes no better out of it than before.