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Philip Gibbs. Across the Frontiers
Across the Frontiers
Table of Contents
I. Twenty Years After
(1) The Boys of the Old Brigade
(2) They Made No Peace
(3) The Race to Arms
(4) The Menace in the East
(5) Conversation in Rome
(6) The Arab World
(7) The Failure of French Policy
(8) Anxieties of the French People
(9) The Soul of Austria
(10) The Voices of Vienna
(11) The Rising Tide of Fear
II. The Causes of Passion
(1) The Blind Ogre
(2) The Malady of Megalomania
(3) The German Republic
(4) Why Hitler wrote Mein Kampf
(5) The Red Microbe
(6) The Rise of Fascism
(7) The Lure of Fascism
(8) The Oppression of Minorities
Can it always remain like this?
(9) In Search of Peace
(10) The Crash of World Finance
III. The Stricken League
(1) The Mirage of Hope
(2) The First Failures
(3) Victories for Peace
(4) The Pact of Locarno
(5) Germany enters the League
(6) The Refusal of Disarmament
(7) The Coming of Hitler
(8) Europe takes the Wrong Road
(9) The War on China
(10) Italy, the Aggressor
(11) The Risk of General War
(12) The Blow to the League
(13) The Chain of Consequence
(14) The Break-down of Ideals
IV. The New Germany
(1) Vital Differences
(2) Social Economy
(3) Strength through Joy
(4) The Labour Camps
(5) The Four Years’ Plan
(6) German Socialism
(7) Private Conversation
(8) Peace or War?
(9) An Intellectual Duel
(10) The Vital Questions
(11) Religion in Germany
(12) The Secret Rebels
V. The End of Austria
(1) The Summons to Berchtesgaden
(2) The Entry
VI. The Czech Crisis
(1) Mixed Races
(2) Rising Passion
(3) A Menace of War
(4) The Man with the Umbrella
(5) The World’s Relief
(6) Britain Rearms
(7) National Service
VII. The Problem of the Jews
(1) The Tragic Race
(2) In the Ghettos
(3) The Causes of Dislike
(4) A Plea for Tolerance
VIII. Illusions and Realities
(1) The Liberal Tradition
(2) The Fear of Communism
(3) America Looks at Europe
(4) The Value of Empire
(5) What of Democracy?
Epilogue
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Philip Gibbs
Published by Good Press, 2021
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It was very clear that these politicians of Great Britain recognised the need for a complete revision of policy. They had no faith in Russia, now that Stalin had executed his generals and was killing many other leaders with homicidal mania. They recognised the setback—no longer to be disguised, to the policy of Collective Security now that the League had been grievously weakened by the failure of Sanctions against Italy. Belgium’s declaration of neutrality in case of another war had inspired other countries to go the same way. German strength, getting formidable, was a centripetal force attracting smaller powers. The Berlin-Rome axis had to be reckoned with. It weakened the independence of Austria. It increased the dangers in the Mediterranean. What was France going to do about all that?
Lord Halifax had a very interesting conversation with Herr Hitler. He had been very much impressed by the Führer’s earnestly expressed desire for European peace, and especially for good relations with England and France. Would it not be wise to believe in the sincerity of Herr Hitler, and to take advantage of it as far as possible? Had it not been rather a mistake for England and France to be so deeply sceptical of his previous peace offers? There was really no evidence to believe (as did some of these English politicians) that he intended to cross other people’s frontiers with fire and sword. Germany’s demand for a return of the colonies raised, of course, a very difficult problem, but it might be advisable to discuss even that question without rigid refusal in advance. Some colonial readjustment might be necessary as the price of a general settlement in Europe for the avoidance of war.
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