David Harris reviews a historical radio novel, set around the time of the German annexation of the Sudetenland and comments on the author's narrative technique of using excerpts from contemporary radio broadcasts. The text on the back of this novel summarises its chilling premise: "International diplomacy has stopped working. Anew breed of authoritarian ruler has emerged, contemptuous of the rules of diplomacy and collective security, and willing to lie and bully to build power and influence. Europe's democracies are confused and defensive. It is 1938 and Germany is putting pressure on Czechoslovakia."
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