Appeasement in International PoliticsUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2000 - 250 pages Since the 1930's, appeasement has been labeled as a futile and possibly dangerous policy. In this landmark study, Stephen Rock seeks to restore appeasement to its proper place as a legitimate--and potentially successful--diplomatic strategy. Appeasement was discredited by Neville Chamberlain's disastrous attempt to satisfy Adolf Hitler's territorial ambitions and avoid war in 1938. Rock argues, however, that there is very little evidence to support the belief that dissatisfied states and their leaders cannot be appeased or that appeasement undermines a state's credibility in later attempts. |
Contents
British Appeasement of the United States 18961903 | 25 |
British Appeasement of Germany 19361939 | 49 |
AngloAmerican Appeasement of the Soviet Union | 77 |
American Appeasement of Iraq 19891990 | 103 |
American Appeasement of North Korea 19881994 | 127 |
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