3. Neville Chamberlain was a hardline anti-Communist, as were all the statesmen in the West who supported appeasement.
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4. The one realistic policy of defeating Hitler in the 1930s (and 1940s) involved forging alliance with USSR. Chamberlain blanched at idea.
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5. Chamberlain's anti-communism mirrored British tacitly supporting Franco & Mussolini: all were seen as bulwarks against Red Tide.
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8. Rightists like Pat Buchanan still pine over the Halifax/Hitler deal that never was.
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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.
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10. Nazi Germany's utility as anti-Communist bulwark ended with Hitler/Stalin pact, where two dictators outwitted Chamberlain.
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11. Fairytale view of appeasement (Chamberlain as weak-willed wimp who tried to be nice) obfuscates sinister logic of policy.
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12. Churchill wanted to hold on to Empire but hated Hitler more than he loved Empire. That set him apart from most of the Tory elite.
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13. Never forget: at pivotal moment of 20th century, British Tory elite was willing to crown Hitler overlord of Europe to hold their Empire
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@randlechris Hey Chris -- are you having the meeting now? Call Brad & me on skype.
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