He ignores the political climate in those days. No clue.

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Bowser — 9/2/2004 5:03:21 PM (archived)

Many Americans and Brits admired Hitler and the German economic recovery. In hindsight it's easy to see Hitler didn't regard treaties as worth anything, and at the time it wasn't obvious.

Britain had a far-flung Empire to defend, and the Japanese were getting frisky in the Far East.

America was isolationist, turned away Jews.

Nope. It's the same as viewing pre-WTC America with post-WTC eyes. The political will just wasn't there until something disastrous happened.

Arf

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Chamberlain, Munich, appeasement. - Bowser - 8/31/2004 6:16:28 PM
- re: Chamberlain, Munich, appeasement. - Larry J - 9/1/2004 3:36:52 PM
  - The British army couldn't help France in 1940 - Tony - 9/2/2004 4:51:07 PM
    - Czechoslovakia was in a pretty good position to help itself - Larry J - 9/20/2004 8:53:52 PM
    - re: The British army couldn't help France in 1940 - Sam Thompson - 9/20/2004 6:18:31 PM
    - He ignores the political climate in those days. No clue. - Bowser - 9/2/2004 5:03:21 PM
  - Do you really think Britain could have fought a foreign war? - Bowser - 9/2/2004 12:15:17 AM
    - The point is that Chamberlain effectively destroyed ... - Larry J - 9/2/2004 2:15:06 PM
  - Britain plus France plus Czech? Bad strategy - think interior lines. - alcaray - 9/1/2004 9:41:11 PM
    - Had Chamberlain a spine, the Czechs could've stood against Hitler - Larry J - 9/2/2004 2:18:38 PM
      - We disagree (n/t) - alcaray - 9/2/2004 4:52:15 PM
      - And Hitler would have backed down. - Bowser - 9/2/2004 2:39:11 PM
- Now if you'd read all of my posts... - Tony - 8/31/2004 7:25:04 PM
  - I apologize. - Bowser - 8/31/2004 11:27:43 PM
- What book? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2004 6:53:07 PM
  - Well. If you MUST know. I mean, I described it accurately. - Bowser - 8/31/2004 10:35:55 PM

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