Jeffry Record. The Specter of Munich: Reconsidering the Lessons of Appeasing Hitler. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2006. Generally speaking, I'm bored by the ritual invocation of Munich every time some foreign crisis dominates the headlines. But it's not going to stop happening just because it bores me and it's kinda my area (or adjacent to it, at least), so maybe I should pay more attention to it.
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Jakob
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 .
Brett Holman
Post authorThanks! This seems reasonable enough:
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 ...
CK
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.
Brett Holman
Post authorThanks, CK, I'll have to give that a listen when I get a chance ...