"Nonetheless, he was convinced that he alone could bring Hitler and Benito Mussolini to heel. He surrounded himself with like-minded advisers and refused to heed anyone who told him otherwise.
"In the months leading up to World War II, Chamberlain and his men saw little need to build up a strong coalition of European allies with which to confront Nazi Germany -- ignoring appeals from Churchill and others to fashion a 'Grand Alliance' of nations to thwart the threat that Hitler posed to the continent."
Lynne Olson in The Washington Post argues that George W. Bush is more Neville Chamberlain than Winston Churchill.
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Practice What We Preach
Labels:
1940s,
Churchill,
George W. Bush,
Iraq War,
political history,
World War II
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