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005			20221018151505.0
008			220216s2022 nyuaf e b 001 0 eng d
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020			_a1639362266 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9781639362264 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1296943256 _z(OCoLC)1296677822 _z(OCoLC)1296910031
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092			_a940.5485 _bS754
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100	1		_aSpicer, Charles, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCoffee with Hitler : _bthe untold story of the amateur spies who tried to civilize the Nazis / _cCharles Spicer.
250			_aFirst Pegasus Books cloth edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPegasus Books, _c2022.
264		4	_c©2022
300			_a392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 341-379) and index.
520			_aCoffee with Hitler tells the astounding story of how a handful of amateur British intelligence agents wined, dined, and befriended the leading National Socialists between the wars. With support from royalty, aristocracy, politicians, and businessmen, they hoped to use the recently founded Anglo-German Fellowship as a vehicle to civilize and enlighten the Nazis. At the heart of the story are a pacifist Welsh historian, a World War I flying ace, and a butterfly-collecting businessman, who together offered the British government better intelligence on the horrifying rise of the Nazis than any other agents. Though they were only minor players in the terrible drama of Europe's descent into its second twentieth-century war, these three protagonists operated within the British Establishment. They infiltrated the Nazi high command deeper than any other spies, relaying accurate intelligence to both their government and to its anti-appeasing critics. Straddling the porous border between hard and soft diplomacy, their activities fueled tensions between the amateur and the professional diplomats in both London and Berlin. Having established a personal rapport with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, they delivered intelligence to him directly, too, paving the way for American military support for Great Britain against the Nazi threat. The settings for their public efforts ranged from tea parties in Downing Street, banquets at London's best hotels, and the Coronation of George VI to coffee and cake at Hitler's Bavarian mountain home, champagne galas at the Berlin Olympics, and afternoon receptions at the Nuremberg Rallies. More private encounters between the elites of both powers were nurtured by shooting weekends at English country homes, whiskey drinking sessions at German estates, discreet meetings in London apartments, and whispered exchanges in the corridors of embassies and foreign ministries.
600	1	0	_aHitler, Adolf, _d1889-1945. _922471
610	2	0	_aNationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. _987254
650		0	_aIntelligence officers _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aEspionage, British _zGermany _xHistory _y20th century.
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