Why Appeasement Failed : The Ignored Evidence

Reveals how early warnings about Hitler and Nazism were ignored, leading to World War II.In the years leading up to the Second World War, the world focussed heavily on Nazi Germanygrowing military power, but few grasped the true danger of Adolf Hitler and his regime. Why Appeasement Failed argues that the critical insight into Hitler's intentions was already available, yet largely ignored.The author starts by examining the turbulent political climate of the 1930s, the tensions with Germany and the issues between the French and the British, as well as the Munich Conference and its successes and failures.Drawing attention to the overlooked warnings in Mein Kampf and several publications from the 1930s, this book reveals that these texts clearly outlined Hitlervision for expansion and conquest long before it became a global reality. Mein Kampf made sinister references to what Hitler called defective people, namely, both mentally and physically handicapped, and his racist obsession. He dwelled on the

the missed opportunities to understand and counter the Nazi threat before it was too late. [Publisher's Text]