9. There was also a strategic logic to appeasement. Unwilling to make a deal with USSR, UK needed time to build up army & air force.
@LostInTheMovies Hitchens wrote some good essays on this back in his lefty days. It's in one of his 1990s collections. Will track down.
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@HeerJeet Ooh, I'd LOVE to read Hitchens on this. I'll look for it. -
@HeerJeet Recently listened to interview with Hitchens and Robert Service on Trotsky. Hitchens had a humorous (if somewhat unfair) zinger. - Show replies
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