Download or read book Austen Chamberlain and the Commitment to Europe written by Dr Richard S Grayson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of Austen Chamberlain's term of office as Stanley Baldwin's Foreign Secretary from 1924-29. It is argued that Chamberlain's priority was a two-stage policy in Western Europe, which aimed at pacifying both France and Germany, as well as encouraging the League of Nations.