
Were we Wrong About Appeasement?
04/01/24 • 51 min
The benefits of hindsight are infinite. It's easy for us to look back on Britain's pre-war strategy of Appeasement and say it was cowardly and short sighted. But were there really better options?
Join Historian James Levy in the first of a new Context conversation series about the key moments in How to Start a War bring brings them to life.
The series is brought to you by the New and Expanded Edition of How To Start a War, available as an audiobook wherever you get them.
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The benefits of hindsight are infinite. It's easy for us to look back on Britain's pre-war strategy of Appeasement and say it was cowardly and short sighted. But were there really better options?
Join Historian James Levy in the first of a new Context conversation series about the key moments in How to Start a War bring brings them to life.
The series is brought to you by the New and Expanded Edition of How To Start a War, available as an audiobook wherever you get them.
Get the audiobook:
Instagram: @howtostartawarpod
TikTok: @howtostartawar
Get updates: howtostartawar.com
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