 | Chamberlain and Appeasement: British Policy and the Coming of the Second World War (Making of the Twentieth Century) by R.A.C. Parker
Buy new: £17.33 / Used from: £12.97 The best modern history and THE essential starting point for any reader interested in learning about the subject.
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 | Neville Chamberlain, Appeasement and the British Road to War (New Frontiers in History) by Frank McDonough
Buy new: £10.30 / Used from: £12.00 Another good introduction, with a perspective broader than Parker's.
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 | The Origins of the Second World War in Europe (Origins Of Modern Wars) by P.M.H. Bell
Buy used from: £2.85 Provides an excellent background to the broader European origins of the war.
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 | Guilty Men (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Cato
The first salvo in the debate, fired from the political left. Critical for understanding the formation of the initial interpretations.
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 | The roots of appeasement by Martin Gilbert
Buy used from: £10.00 Another early interpretation, still possessing valuable insights.
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| Chamberlain and the Lost Peace (A John Curtis book) by John Charmley
Buy used from: £4.93 The main revisionist account.
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| Grand Strategy: Rearmament Policy v. 1 (History of 2nd World War, U.K.Military History) by N.H. Gibbs
Buy used from: £25.95 Dense but invaluable for understanding the development of military policy.
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| The Shadow of the Bomber: The Fear of Air Attack and British Politics, 1932-39 (Royal Historical Society Studies in History) by Uri Bialer
Buy used from: £50.00 Hard to find but great for understanding some of the fears driving appeasement.
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| British Rearmament in the Thirties: Politics and Profits by Robert Paul Shay
Buy used from: £29.00 Another older title, but the best examination of the effort to prepare for war.
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| British Rearmament and the Treasury, 1932-39 by George C. Peden
Buy used from: £11.00 Dense, but useful in understanding the complications facing rearmament.
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 | How War Came by Donald Cameron Watt
Buy new: £12.75 / Used from: £4.24 Wonderful overview of the year before war, from a broad perspective.
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| The Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany: Starting World War II, 1937-39 v. 2 by Gerhard L. Weinberg
Buy used from: £75.54 With his first volume, THE source for understanding the operations of German foreign policy.
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 | Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis (Allen Lane History) by Ian Kershaw
Buy used from: £12.84 The reason why appeasement failed. More than a biography, it also offers a great account of the formation of German policy.
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