Neville Chamberlain 
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2/6/2022
Art's Historical License in Netflix's "The Edge of War"
by Yoav Tenembaum
The recent Netflix film's treatment of the Munich Accords reads backwards from the outcomes of Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy to argue, wrongly, that the Prime Minister's intent was to buy time for the British to rearm.
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1/30/2022
Neville Chamberlain: Unsung Hero of WWII
by Luke Reader
A new Netflix film should prompt a reassessment of the legacy of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who arguably succeeded in saving Britain and the European opposition to Hitler through a two-pronged strategy that used appeasement to buy time for rearmament.
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SOURCE: The Economist
1/24/2022
New Film "Munich" Offers Revised and (Somewhat) Sympathetic Portrait of Chamberlain
The film portrays Chamberlain as less weak-willed and more overconfident in his ability to secure peace.
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7/12/2020
Eighty Years On, Chamberlain's Appeasement Policy is Still Debated
by Yoav J. Tenembaum
The evidence suggests that Neville Chamberlain was sincere in his desire but profoundly mistaken about his ability to keep Britain out of war with Germany.
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SOURCE: New York Times
6/10/2019
Tim Bouverie's new book provides insight on Neville Chamberlain and the road to World War II
Appeasement: Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War finds Chamberlain to be a failed leader in a time of crisis.
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1-24-16
Why Most Everyone Gets Munich Wrong
by John Kelly
Why it wasn’t relevant in Vietnam or Iraq, but might be if terrorists get a nuclear bomb.
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SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
11-25-13
Obama as Chamberlain?
by Bret Stephens
Is this Obama's appeasement moment with Iran?
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SOURCE: National Review
10-3-13
Munich, 75 Years Later
by Conrad Black
Yes, Chamberlain’s policy was wrong.
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SOURCE: Slate
9-30-13
Neville Chamberlain Was Right
by Nick Baumann
Chamberlain did what we would expect any sane leader to do at Munich.