What is it about?
A matter of days before the start of the Second World War, Britain's ambassador in Berlin laid the blame for possible conflict on the UK's national newspapers. This articles examines if there were grounds for his claim.
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Why is it important?
It gives an insight into perceptions in the political cockpit that was Berlin in August 1939 and explores the role of British newspapers in the build-up to the Second World War.
Perspectives
This weighs up the assertion by the UK amabassador to Berlin that the press was hindering peace hopes against what was printed.
Dr Guy Hodgson
Liverpool John Moores University
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This page is a summary of: SIR NEVILE HENDERSON, APPEASEMENT AND THE PRESS, Journalism Studies, April 2007, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/14616700601148952.
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