Four weeks one summer : when it all went wrong / Nicholas Whitlam.
Publication details: North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2016.Description: xii, 284 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781925333923 :
- 4 weeks 1 summer : when it all went wrong
- Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 -- Abdication, 1936
- Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
- Nineteen thirty-six, A.D
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939
- Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945
- Europe -- History -- 1918-1945
- Great Britain -- History -- Edward VIII, 1936
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Causes
- Australian
- 940.52 23
- D727 W45 2016
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 940.52 WHI | Available | 066417 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index.
"In the summer of 1936, over just four weeks, it all went wrong - for democracy and for Spain, even for the British royals. Politicians failed, and Hitler was emboldened to plan a new European war, and more.
When some army generals sought to overthrow Spain's elected government, Francisco Franco quickly emerged as their leader; Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy supported him with men and material; pusillanimous politicians in Britain and the United States, even in France, turned a blind-eye - and the Spanish Civil War was on. Edward VIII took a scandalous holiday cruise with Mrs Simpson, Berlin staged the greatest sporting event of modern times, the alternative Peoples' Olympiad never came to be, and Barcelona was transformed into a unique workers' paradise. All this in four weeks. It was an uncongruous, at time brilliant, juxtaposition of events." -- Back cover
