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Did the policy of appeasement go to any great lengths toward stopping the outbreak of war or did it simply delay the inevitable
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Appeasement Did the policy of appeasement go to any great lengths toward stopping the outbreak of war or did it simply delay the inevitable? The task of explaining why appeasement, has been continuously addressed by historians over the years. To date, there is still no single cause identified. Nonetheless there is however a general consensus amongst historians that the frightful events of world war one, distilled a sense of fear and regret amongst British society, and consequently Britain strived to prevent any future war, through whatever means necessary. In the aftermath of World War 1, lay a mutual understanding between the British government and society that never again should a catastrophe such as World War 1 occur, it was described as the "war to end all wars" reinforcing the view that it was a cataclysmic event which should never be re-enacted upon society. British public became disillusioned with the...
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