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5 Cards in this Set
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Popular Majority View |
"Well done Chamberlain" -From 1937-38 -People approved and supported of Neville Chamberlain and The Munich Agreement -Halifax supported him C O N T EX T: -Memory of WW1 -People did not want war over Czechoslovakia C H A L L E N G E S: -Winston and Low I M P AC T: -Short-lived -WW2 |
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Popular and Political View |
"The Guilty Men", book published in 1940 -From 1939-48 -Appeasement did not keep peace -Britain defenseless, gave into the axis powers in 1931 C O N T E X T: -Opposition grew when war broke out in 1939 -Neville Chamberlain was a scapegoat -Churchill wanted to fight, Halifax peace I M P A CT: -Churchill defeated Halifax + became leader of Britain's War Policy -Churchill conservative party was condemned, losing the election in 1945 C H A L L E N G E S: -There were no challenges |
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Orthodox View |
"Miscalculated and misjudged Hitler" -From 1948-60s -War ends in 1945 -Churchill loses election -Churchill writes 'The Gathering Storm' C O N T E X T: -Churchill was self-promoting -The Cold War occurred after WW2, between the USA and USSR I M P A C T: -Churchill widely accepted -No historians have challenged his account -Influenced other politicians, Tony Blair (2003)-"important not to repeat the mistakes of appeasement". C H A L L E N G E S: -Very few opposed |
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Academic Revisionist View |
"Rehabilitating Neville Chamberlain" -From 1960-90s -Chamberlain did the best he could -Historians questioned Churchill's views -Revisionism raised, which is where new evidence comes to light -Appeasement owned Britain time to build up military C O N T E X T: -Radical thinking -Vietnam War -Economic problems -Military -Fear of the USSR -Empire I M P A C T: -Academic debate -Revisionist didn't make a big impact -Churchill's view remained popular C H A L L E N G E S: -View challenged in 1990s |
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Academic-Counter Revisionist View |
"Least responsible" -From 1990s-2000s -Chamberlain had no choice C O N T E X T: -Debating views of the previous historians -1989, Cold War ended + archives from USSR became available. These documents gave insight into the relationship between Hitler and Chamberlain I M P A C T: -Not as controversial -Still remains to be debated today C H A L L E N G E S: -Revisionists have challenged this interpretation |
