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The Wages of Appeasement: Ancient Athens, Munich, and Obama's America
Bruce S. Thornton
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 671.
Wages of Appeasement explores the reasons why a powerful state gives in to aggressors. It tells the story of three historical examples of appeasement: the greek city-states of the fourth century b.c., which lost their freedom to Philip II of Macedon; England in the twenties and thirties, and the failure to stop Germany's aggression that led to World War II; and America's current war against Islamic jihad and the 30-year failure to counter Iran's attacks on the U.S. The inherent weaknesses of democracies and their bad habit of pursuing short-term interests at the expense of long-term security play a role ... Read more
Wages of Appeasement explores the reasons why a powerful state gives in to aggressors. It tells the story of three historical examples of appeasement: the greek city-states of the fourth century b.c., which lost their freedom to Philip II of Macedon; England in the twenties and thirties, and the failure to stop Germany's aggression that led to World War II; and America's current war against Islamic jihad and the 30-year failure to counter Iran's attacks on the U.S. The inherent weaknesses of democracies and their bad habit of pursuing short-term interests at the expense of long-term security play a role ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Encounter Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781594035197
SKU
V9781594035197
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About Bruce S. Thornton
Bruce S. Thornton is a past national fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of Classics and Humanities at the California State University. He is the author of eight previous books and numerous essays on western culture and its roots.
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