How might the British have handled Hitler differently? remains one of history's greatest 'what ifs'.
Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding and poignant story, for the first time, 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, and a butterfly-collecting businessman offered the British government better intelligence on the horrifying rise of the Nazis than anyone else.
Charles Spicer draws on newly discovered primary sources, shedding 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.
- ISBN10 0861543777
- ISBN13 9780861543779
- Publish Date 8 September 2022 (first published 6 September 2022)
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oneworld Publications
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English