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Eden's Alternative to Appeasement: The Anglo-American Strategy that Might Have Been, 1937-38

by Malcolm Murfett
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781918100037
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Tithebarn Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Tithebarn Press
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  • Pages: 232
  • Original Price: GBP 25.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 422 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century

As Foreign Secretary in Neville Chamberlain's Cabinet in 1937, Eden didn't believe in appeasing the German and Italian dictatorships or the militaristic Japanese regime. Instead, he wanted to confront their aggression head on. Faced with growing Japanese assertiveness, including the launching of an undeclared war on China in July 1937, Eden appealed to the US for help. He believed sending an Anglo-American naval force to the Western Pacific would demonstrate that the democracies were not spineless, but were prepared to stand up for what they believed in. Was this a viable alternative to Chamberlain's appeasement policy, now notorious for its failure in the face of fascism?

Historian Malcolm Murfett tells the story, using a wide range of primary sources from the UK and US archives, of Eden's push to persuade Roosevelt's administration to be more assertive in the Pacific. He reveals the diplomatic dance both sides engaged in, each unsure of the other's reliability, of their own ability to commit, and tied up in their own internal struggles for policy dominance. We get a real insight into how two once-and-future allies managed each other's expectations, as well as the wider strategic parameters within which they were operating.

With eerie echoes of our own times, Murfett explores the challenges involved in both international diplomacy, and foreign and security policy. How standing up for principles and values can become compromised by the requirements of Realpolitik, and logistical constraints.

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