Appeasement Was a Long-Standing and Often Useful Diplomatic Device

question 27

Essay

Appeasement was a long-standing and often useful diplomatic device. Why did it fail in the 1930s? At what point should statesmen like Neville Chamberlain have recognized that appeasement was not a viable policy?

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