Appeasement
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, World War II, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: Worldwide
A controversial concept of international diplomacy devised in the 1930’s to defuse the German war threat through conciliatory measures. Though appeasement largely originated in the misguided optimism of nineteenth century liberalism and in international guilt over the harsh settlement dealt to Germany in the Treaty of Versailles (1919), it quickly degenerated into an Anglo-French capitulation to Germany’s threats. The Munich Conference of 1938 presented one of the most dramatic failures of appeasement prior to the German invasion of Poland in September, 1939. At that fateful...
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