num_pages: 271
description: Britain and France pursued a policy of appeasement in the hope that Hitler would not drag Europe into another world war. Appeasement expressed the widespread British desire to heal the wounds of World War I and to correct what many British officials regarded as the injustices of the Versailles Treaty. Some officials regarded a powerful Germany as a bulwark against the Soviet Union. On September 27, 1938, when negotiations between Hitler and Chamberlain were strained, the British Prime Minister addressed the British people. Excerpts of this speech and another before the House of Commons are included here.
language: English
title: Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement
titlecomplete: Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Susquehanna Univ Pr