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What the experience of the inter-war years demonstrated, therefore, was this: Lasting peace in a world of aggressive totalitarian states does not come from treaties themselves, nor does it necessarily come from endless attempts at diplomacy. An international body dedicated to preserving harmony among the nations of the world must be willing to exercise force if one of its members repeatedly contravenes its rules and resolutions. the threat of military action must be believable in order to deter tyrannical leaders; otherwise, the organization will make itself immaterial and irrelevant, as the League of Nations ultimately...
...young life all occurred in the nineteenth century, but they prepared him for what would come in the twentieth century, beginning with his first election to Parliament in 1900. Churchill's service in the Cabinet before World War I, his return to the front in 1916, and his inter-war successes and failures are well known and easily discovered. Of course, even better known is Churchill's and Britain's lonely fight against Germany for two long years in World War II. But it is especially worthwhile that the readers of a college newspaper comprehend the connection between what Churchill...
...conclusion I reach as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is that there are too many conditions today that were also present during inter-war periods," he said...
Despite his experience with the tumultuous politics of inter-war Europe, Deutsch says he never was tempted to withdraw from politics or to resign himself to cynicism. "I find the world a highly imperfect place in which to live, but you can always make it a little more perfect...
...called "policy of appeasement," as it operated to allow German expansion into the Rhineland, Austria and Czechoslovakia, was the final explosion of inter-war diplomatic confusion. Under Hitler, Germany achieved sufficient strength to demand serious and thoughtful consideration of her status. The West, wanting to settle the First World War once and for all, but feeling that this could not possibly involve another war, convinced itself that Hitler was justified in almost all his claims. Or, that resistance was pointless, for it could only cause further disruption of orderly diplomacy...