Appeasement in Int'l Politics

By Stephen R. Rock

Book Overview

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2002 Since the 1930s, appeasement has been labeled as a futile and possibly dangerous policy. In this landmark study, Stephen Rock seeks to restore appeasement to its proper place as a legitimate--and potentially successful--diplomatic strategy. Appeasement was discredited by Neville Chamberlain's disastrous attempt to satisfy Adolf Hitler's territorial ambitions and avoid war in 1938. Rock argues, however, that there is very little evidence to support the

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813121604
• ISBN13: 9780813121604
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

a new view on appeasement

Professor Rock effectively combines history and political science to tackle a subject matter that, on the outset, seems a trifle esoteric. His prose is interesting and easy to read. Most importantly, the book is able to synthesize varying viewpoints, isolating strengths and weaknesses of respective arguments. This leads to a informative quest into a paradigm of international politics that is quickly rising from a humble background onto center stage of U.S. foreign policy.