<i>Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War</i>. By Tim Bouverie
Journal: Twentieth Century British History
Year: 2020

The spectre of Munich 1938 is frequently resurrected by politicians and the media during moments of geopolitical tension. In recent memory, decision makers adduced its ostensible lessons to shape debates concerning the possibility of western intervention against increasing Russian aggression with the annexation of Crimea in 2014, and it has been invoked by American conservatives critical of the Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran. The rhetoric of appeasement and its consequences c