Blinstone: Appeasement was the best policy for british government. He argues that there were alternatives to appeasement, such as a grand alliance of powers. Blinstone says this would have deterred and opposed hitler's germany. The only realistic combination in the 19 thirties - an anglo french alliance - never materialized. And soviet union could not trust stalin with its military might.
As the new film, Munich – The Edge of War, hits Netflix screens starring Jeremy Irons as British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain negotiating on the brink of World War Two in 1938, we revisit an archive debate discussing that pivotal moment in history. Journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum is joined by a collection of celebrated historians to debate whether Chamberlain did the right thing in an impossible situation or appeased a dictator, leading to the disastrous years of conflict that followed.
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