Comments on: Acquisitions

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:59:27 +0000

Thanks, CK, I’ll have to give that a listen when I get a chance …

By: CK

CK — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:24:29 +0000

Munich, blech. It’s all boiled down to Nazi Of The Week.

I hope this is the right link, but Margaret Lavinia Anderson from UC Berkley, gives a nice rundown to the development of the Czech crisis, and the readiness of the democracies to fight a major war.

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/stream.php?type=download&webcastid=21911

If it’s the wrong podcast I apologise. But she’s very good on the topic of nations states and Liberal-Democracies.

And UC Berkley’s podcasts are definitely worth a rummage around.

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:09:55 +0000

Thanks! This seems reasonable enough:

All in all, Chamberlain was dealt a terribly bad hand, which, however, he then proceeded to play badly through his mistaken assessment of Hitler’s aims and his over-eagerness to placate the dictator with territorial concessions.

I don’t mind reappraisals or reflections on Munich, more the ‘OMG Munich!!!!1′ that seems to be the default response of so many pundits …

By: Jakob

Jakob — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:17:20 +0000

Ian Kershaw looks the crisis of 1938 in this review article in today's Guardian. I thought it might be of use - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/23/history.secondworldwar .