Appeasement in Int'l Politics

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

Author: Stephen R. Rock
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 06/30/2000
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.33w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780813121604

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2001 pg. 1149
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 135
Library Journal 07/01/2000

About the Author

Stephen R. Rock, professor of political science at Vassar College, is the author of Why Peace Breaks Out: Great Power Rapprochement in Historical Perspective and Faith and Foreign Policy: The Views and Influence of U.S. Christians and Christian Organizations.

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