TY - BOOK AU - Neville,Peter TI - Hitler and appeasement: the British attempt to prevent the Second World War SN - 9781852855277 (pbk.) : PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - Hambledon Continuum KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Diplomatic history KW - Great Britain KW - Foreign relations KW - 1936-1945 KW - Germany N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-234) and index N2 - Appeasement's reputation as a bankrupt policy stems from the unpredictable catastrophes of the Russo-German Pact in 1939 and the Fall of France in 1940; in fact, it was an honourable, reasonable and sensible response to an appalling and unprecedented threat ER -