Talk:Appeasement

Summary of Guilty Men inaccurate

Three British journalists, Michael Foot, Frank Owen and Peter Howard, writing under the name of "Cato" in their book Guilty Men, called for the removal from office of 15 public figures they held accountable, including Baldwin and Chamberlain.

I have deleted the name of Baldwin from the sentence because he was out of government office since 1937, merely a backbench House of Lords member at the time of the book's publication. In addition, another of the 'Guilty Men', Ramsay MacDonald (anyway unpopular with the Labour left after he coalitioned with the Conservatives) had died in 1937. A check of the article on the book gives only 15 names so it is incorrect to say the writers wanted all 15 removed from office.Cloptonson (talk) 06:37, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Quote regarding changing view of appeasement pre/post WWII - suggest check and include

I well recall reading a (single-volume) biography of Chamberlain in the 90s which had a chapter looking at appeasement during his government, that it recorded a quote which as far as I can recall was this (a few of the words might not be what were printed, hence my suggestion it be checked out): "Most people opposed appeasement in hindsight, few were against it at the time." I am not sure if the quote was from a historian (such as AJP Taylor) or a commentator (such as Harold Nicolson). If the quote could be found and the book cited, I am sure this would be a hit-in-the-eye point to include in this article to help illustrate how the acceptance of appeasement changed once WWII intervened. I certainly found the analysis an eye opener that showed how widespread support for it had been.Cloptonson (talk) 09:10, 26 September 2021 (UTC)