Negotiations with a Madman: Trying to Stop a War in 1939

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Overview: "Negotiations with a Madman" tracks the political intrigue and heroic diplomatic efforts by His Majesty’s Government to protect Poland, reason with Hitler and stop a war in the year 1939. Here are the verbatim texts of 122 speeches, cordial meetings, testy ultimatums, temper tantrums, desperate pleas, confidential communiqués, and sensitive diplomatic cables from Chamberlain, Hitler, von Ribbentrop and others, presented in chronological order in which the events occurred. Here is Adolf Hitler in his own words as he rallies his countrymen, lies to his allies and threatens his enemies. Here also are the measured words of Neville Chamberlain as he pleads, bargains, rationalizes and treads lightly, hoping to stop a reckless march to war. It is all here in the complete text of the British Foreign Office Report, "Documents Concerning German-Polish Relations and the Outbreak of Hostilities between Great Britain and Germany on September 3, 1939." It reads like a nail-biting suspense novel, except that it really happened.