Appeasement

The Strategy That Let Hitler March

Clara Duval

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English

Vij Books
05 November 2025

British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Diplomacy

Series: Echoes of War: The WWII

In a decade taught to fear the next war more than the last mistake, leaders chose delay, and a continent paid the price. This book reveals how appeasement became common sense-how budgets, ballots, and democratic decision making in crisis turned caution into a creed while an adversary learned to press. Through gripping narrative and clear analysis, it asks the question readers still argue today: could Hitler be stopped earlier, and what does ""earlier"" really mean? Moving from the Rhineland to the Munich Agreement, it shows where prudence became surrender and where failure of deterrence was not inevitable.

If you care about Europe's fate, policy under pressure, or the anatomy of statecraft, this is for you. It explains why interwar diplomacy looked rational to its authors, what Czechoslovakia lost when theory met force, and how small concessions to inevitability become large maps redrawn. You will learn a practical lens for judging concessions, red lines, and credibility-the hard lessons of appeasement without slogans.

- Understand how fear of bombing, fiscal orthodoxy, and coalition politics shaped choices

- Re-evaluate 1936 and 1938 with data on force, logistics, and alliance signals

- Apply a simple checklist to separate buying time from buying illusion

By the end, the lessons of appeasement are concrete, not rhetorical. You will see the prelude to World War II with fresh clarity-and recognise today's crises faster, before the window for deterrence quietly closes.

By: Clara Duval
Imprint: Vij Books
Volume: 3
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 381g
ISBN: 9789390349777
ISBN 10: 939034977X
Series: Echoes of War: The WWII
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 05 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Clara Duval writes about the ethics of power in democratic states, tracing how ordinary fears become grand strategy. Raised between Lille and London, she has spent years reading the minutes between the lines-Cabinet papers, small-print budgets, and the quiet memos that bend history. Her work is animated by a simple question with complicated answers: how should free societies confront men who gamble with other people's tomorrows? Drawing on the moral debates of interwar Europe, the literature of Camus and Orwell, and the sober craft of international relations, she writes with warm authority about choices made under pressure and the costs we prefer not to count.