Appeasement in International Politics
Auteur: Stephen R. Rock
Nombre de pages: 250 pages
ISBN: 9780813132280, 0813132282
Edition: University Press of Kentucky
Date de publication: University Press of Kentucky
Description: 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.