Neville Chamberlain’s War

Frederic Seager is a Canadian historian, now retired from active teaching at the Université de Montréal. His research has been focused primarily on Franco-German relations and on the two World Wars.

Frederic Seager
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages:
Bibliographic Info: notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2025
pISBN: 978-1-4766-9848-9
eISBN: 978-1-4766-5622-9
Imprint: McFarland

• “This book is a work of meticulous and extensive research that uncovers the role Neville Chamberlain played in the historical disaster that was the Phoney War. The author illustrates how this fragment of history has been distorted by historians and why. Beautiful prose.”—The Book Commentary

• “Intensely detailed, and never dull, this is a revealing, well-documented narrative that explores all layers of a past gone by. Highly recommended.”—The Prairies Book Review

• “Seager’s narrative is captivating in large part because he doesn’t shy away from strong critiques of British and French leadership—including his assertion that Chamberlain (and Churchill, to some extent) advocated a wait-and-see policy based on the false assumption that French troops would never fall to a German invasion.”—BookLife

• “Seager provides an engaging window into an underexplored time frame and convincingly argues that this period of the war still has much to teach people. An illuminating look into the early days and strategies of World War II.”—Kirkus Reviews

• “A fascinating and provocative look at the early days of World War II known as the Phoney War. Seager makes a convincing case for Neville Chamberlain’s leadership during the period as a catastrophic failure.”—The Bookbag

• “5 out of 5 stars. What price did Britain pay for its ‘phoney war’? Find out in this intriguing book.”—The Online Book Club