- 352 pages
- English
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About this book
How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history’s greatest ‘what ifs’...
A TELEGRAPH AND SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence agents who wined, dined and befriended the leading National Socialists between the wars. With support from royalty, aristocracy, politicians and businessmen, they hoped to use the much mythologised Anglo-German Fellowship as a vehicle to civilise the Nazis. A pacifist Welsh historian, a Great War flying ace, a butterfly-collecting businessman... Coffee With Hitler offers a rare glimpse into a motley crew who would provide the British government with better intelligence on the horrifying rise of the Nazis than anyone else.
Drawing on newly discovered primary sources, Charles Spencer sheds light on the early career of Kim Philby, Winston Churchill’s approach to appeasement, the US entry into the war and the Rudolf Hess affair, in a groundbreaking reassessment of Britain's relationship with Nazi Germany.
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'Brilliantly readable.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Squirmingly enthralling.' SPECTATOR
'Terrifyingly relevant.' OBSERVER
A TELEGRAPH AND SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence agents who wined, dined and befriended the leading National Socialists between the wars. With support from royalty, aristocracy, politicians and businessmen, they hoped to use the much mythologised Anglo-German Fellowship as a vehicle to civilise the Nazis. A pacifist Welsh historian, a Great War flying ace, a butterfly-collecting businessman... Coffee With Hitler offers a rare glimpse into a motley crew who would provide the British government with better intelligence on the horrifying rise of the Nazis than anyone else.
Drawing on newly discovered primary sources, Charles Spencer sheds light on the early career of Kim Philby, Winston Churchill’s approach to appeasement, the US entry into the war and the Rudolf Hess affair, in a groundbreaking reassessment of Britain's relationship with Nazi Germany.
***
'Brilliantly readable.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Squirmingly enthralling.' SPECTATOR
'Terrifyingly relevant.' OBSERVER
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- Prologue • Lloyd George’s Nazi
- Part One • June 1934–September 1936
- 1 • Dinner on the terrace with Himmler
- 2 • Roast chicken at the Chancellery
- 3 • Margarine, rubber and gold
- 4 • The prince and the poppy
- 5 • Beer and sausage at Nuremberg
- 6 • Whisky with Göring
- 7 • Swastikas over White Hart Lane
- 8 • Vistas of unlimited aggression
- 9 • Mayfair rushing Hitlerwards
- 10 • Coffee with Hitler
- Part Two • October 1936–November 1938
- 11 • Preaching brotherly love to a rogue elephant
- 12 • The Brickendrop circus
- 13 • Sharks, Stalin and Inspector Morse
- 14 • Sending a curate to visit a tiger
- 15 • Clearing the decks
- 16 • The Oster conspiracy
- 17 • Tea at Nuremberg
- 18 • Plan Z
- 19 • The night of broken glass
- Part Three • December 1938–May 1941
- 20 • The two Englishmen who know Germany best
- 21 • No happy returns for the Führer
- 22 • Gangster politics
- 23 • The Tennant mission
- 24 • If the world should fall and break
- 25 • The political and moral scum of the earth
- 26 • Britain’s broke; it’s your money we want
- 27 • The flying visit
- Epilogue • None so blind as those who will not see
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Dramatis personae
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Picture Section
- Copyright Page