In his upcoming book about the horrors of the 20th century (The war of the World), the British historian Niall Ferguson has a chapter called The Pity of Peace. It is about 1938 when World war II loomed and Britain — especially and importantly Britain — did precious little to stop it. The warnings of Churchill — believe me, it may be the last chance … were ignored and the government under Neville Chamberlain obstinately pursued a policy that forever after has made the word appeasement one of the most odious in history. Somehow, though, it looks like 1938 all over again.
The war of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West (Hardcover) by Niall Ferguson
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