A. J. P. Taylor (1906–1990)
Autor(a) de The Origins of the Second World War: 1919-1939
About the Author
British historian A.J.P. Taylor studied at Oxford University and in 1938 became a fellow of Magdalen College. Interested chiefly in diplomatic and central European history, he is a prolific and masterful writer. Fritz Stern wrote of him and his The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848--1918 (1954) mostrar mais in the Political Science Quarterly: "There is something Shavian about A. J. P. Taylor and his place among academic historians; he is brilliant, erudite, witty, dogmatic, heretical, irritating, insufferable, and withal inescapable. He sometimes insults and always instructs his fellow-historians, and never more so than in his present effort to reinterpret the diplomatic history of Europe from 1848 to the end of the First World War. . . . After a brilliant introduction, in which he defines the balance of power and assesses the relative and changing strength of the Great Powers, Mr. Taylor presents a chronological survey, beginning with the diplomacy of war, 1914--1918. . . . [He] writes on two levels. He narrates the history of European diplomacy and compresses it admirably into a single volume. Imposed upon the narrative is his effort to probe the historical meaning of given actions and conditions. . . . He has a peculiar sense of inevitability, growing out of what he regards the logic of a given development, as well as a delicate feeling for live options and alternatives. Mr. Taylor suggests that fear, not aggression, was the dominant impulse of pre-war diplomacy." The Origins of the Second World War (1961), again controversial and lively, starts from the premise (in Taylor's words) that "the war of 1939, far from being premeditated, was a mistake, the result on both sides of diplomatic blunders." The New Statesman said of it: "Taylor is the only English historian now writing who can bend the bow of Gibbon and Macaulay. [This is] a masterpiece: lucid, compassionate, beautifully written in a bare, sparse style, and at the same time deeply disturbing." Several of Taylor's other works also received high praise. Among these were Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman (1955), in which he exonerated Bismarck; Hapsburg Monarchy, 1809--1914, a survey of the era; and English History, 1919--1945, a volume in the Oxford History of England Series, greeted by the N.Y. Review of Books as "an astonishing tour de force." (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de A. J. P. Taylor
The Habsburg Monarchy, 1809-1918 : A History of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary (1948) 373 cópias
The Course of German History: A Survey of the Development of German History since 1815 (1945) 237 cópias
From the Boer War to the Cold War: Essays on Twentieth-Century Europe (Penguin Press History) (1995) 50 cópias
A Segunda Guerra Mundial 2 cópias
History of the 20th Century No. 85: Africa Breaks Free 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 92: America in Ferment 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 81: France: End of Empire 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century: No. 67 Germany's Agony 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century: No. 14 Revolution in the Arts 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century: No. 13 The Fighting Sex 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 86: Castro's Revolution 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 83: The End of Big Brother? 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 90: Race and Colour 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 88: Living with the Bomb 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century: No. 68 The Nazis at War 1 exemplar(es)
Kuohuva vuosisata : 1900-luvun historia. 6 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century: No. 12 The White Man's Burden? 1 exemplar(es)
English History 1 exemplar(es)
THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION: 1917. A Discussion with Professor A. J. P. Taylor (LP Record) (1970) 1 exemplar(es)
Kuohuva vuosisata : 1900-luvun historia. 12 1 exemplar(es)
Årsakene til den annen verdenskrig 1 exemplar(es)
Kuohuva vuosisata : 1900-luvun historia. 7 1 exemplar(es)
History of World War 1 - 1974 1 exemplar(es)
History of World War II Editor-in-Chief AJP Taylor 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 79: Films of the Fifties 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century: No. 11 The British Raj 1 exemplar(es)
Kuohuva vuosisata. 2 : 1900-luvun historia 1 exemplar(es)
Kuohuva vuosisata. 1 : 1900-luvun historia 1 exemplar(es)
Rumours of Wars 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century 1 exemplar(es)
Kuohuva vuosisata : 1900-luvun historia. 20 1 exemplar(es)
Kuohuva vuosisata : 1900-luvun historia. 17 1 exemplar(es)
sagerne til 2. Verdenskrig 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 27: The New Warfare 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 39: Benito Mussolini 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 38: The New Nationalism 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 37: Lenin 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 31: 1918: Germany defeated 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 30: The Turn of the Tide 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 29: The Beastly Hun 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 21: Verdun and the Somme: Slaughter on the Western Front 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 20: The Battle of Jutland 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 17: 1914: The First Blows 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 16: August 1914 War Declared 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century: No. 10 Thunder on the Left: Socialism Anarchism Violence 1 exemplar(es)
Standaard geschiedenis van de 20ste eeuw. Dl. 6: 1951-1965 De gestalte van de toekomst 1 exemplar(es)
Standaard geschiedenis van de 20ste eeuw. Dl. 5: 1942-1950 Einde van het drama en een moeilijk begin 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 41: Isolationist America 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 43: Turning the Knife 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 77: Lifeline to Berlin 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 61: Hitler Strikes 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 73: The Big Three at War 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 72: The Pacific War Mountbatten of Burma: Personal Recollections 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 71: The Twilight of the Gods 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 70: Closing the Ring 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 69: The Civilian War 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 64: Great Britain Thrashed 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 63: Churchill 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 62: Hitler's Europe 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 60: Hitler's War 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 44: The General Strike 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 59: Munich 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 58: The Spanish Civil War 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 56: France on Trial 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 55: Depression 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 54: Sport in the Thirties 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 53: The Industrial Giant 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 51: Stalin's Russia 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 50: Nazi Germany 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 49: Storm Clouds in Asia 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 48: The Nazi Takeover 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 46: Empire into Commonwealth 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 45: The Great Crash 1 exemplar(es)
History of the 20th Century No. 57: Mussolini Marches 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War 1919-1920 and The Miracle on the Vistula (1972) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 148 cópias
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- Nome padrão
- Taylor, A. J. P.
- Nome de batismo
- Taylor, Alan John Percivale
- Data de nascimento
- 1906-03-25
- Data de falecimento
- 1990-09-07
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Birkdale, Lancashire, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Vienna, Austria - Educação
- Bootham School, York
Oxford University (Oriel College|BA|1927|MA|1932) - Ocupação
- historian
broadcaster
lecturer - Relacionamentos
- Burgess, Anthony (student)
Gilbert, Martin (student)
Sked, Alan (student)
Davies, Norman (student)
Kennedy, Paul (student)
Louis, William Roger (student) - Organizações
- Manchester University
Oxford University
University College London - Premiações
- British Academy (fellow|1956|resigned|1980)
Hungarian Academy (honorary member|1986)
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Hitler was not a master strategist who executed a plan years in the making. He had vague ideas about a greater Germany and took opportunities to pursue it as those opportunities came to hand. That they arose so readily was more a factor of empathy for Germany's treatment in Versailles, and the stirring nationalism of neighbouring German peoples in Austria and elsewhere. At the end of the day this does not in fact paint a dramatically different picture from anyone else's assessment: Hitler is still bad, Chamberlain is still foolish. But if Hitler was not a frightening mastermind, the sketch drawn of him is still something just as frightening: a democratically elected tyrant guided only by his megalomania who did not share the decorum of the rest of the world order. A man who would act impulsively and outrageously when others only talked that way. He had no superior wisdom, pulled no puppet strings. He only liked power, and he liked to use it. You do not have to look nearly as far to find examples of people like that all around you.
The strategy of appeasement is much maligned, a backing down in the face of aggression. Taylor contextualizes this in its setting. Statesmen in the 1920s and 1930s had to grapple with fallout from the treaty at Versailles. It was not, in fact, a workable document in how it treated Germany; partly in it outrageous terms but primarily because there was never any means provided to enforce it if necessary. The disagreement among allies as to whether Germany deserved the harsh terms and/or could even survive them was a key factor. Certainly the German people didn't accept them, and used them as a scapegoat for literally everything that ever went wrong until Hitler came to power. Consequently British (willing) and French (grudging) diplomats allowed that some of the treaty's terms should justifiably be undone somehow, some way. It's unfortunate that Hitler happened to be the one in power, and that his way involved infantry, tanks and bluster. This proved particularly effective in the face of his opponents' already soft position.
Lastly, there is Taylor's blunders argument. It was proven to Hitler multiple times that the western powers (Britain and France) would not react to the point of war in the face of provocation. Mussolini would have had to withdraw from Abyssinia, Hitler from the Rhineland and his intervention in the Spanish Civil War, if Britain and France had reacted more strongly. Later, when Hitler stood a chance of military resistance, they were even more reluctant to do so over Austria or Czechslovakia, and demonstrated a horrible lack of regard for those countries' sovereignty. This explains Hitler's ready determination to invade Poland. He didn't expect any different a response. The lesson here is that when you are going to draw a line in the sand, be very firm and clear about it: think Cuban Missile Crisis.
Many years ago I read 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' which also covered all of this ground, was written at almost the same time and is just as heralded a work if not more. I wish I had read these books in closer proximity so I could contrast their perspectives.… (mais)