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11w nrsttrury total war, withthe Atnuat firnt gettingtlre wontof it .
dtat thev were going to do nnching
about it . More was rtnrolvod than a n
isolarcd 5ilurc of ncn'c, Itmvctcr.
Two scrr different vdsinns of war <strong>and</strong>
I>eJce have auxisccd in the Western
world 1'or utJ ,~st two ani . One
vision sers the mad to Ixnm as bcing
through disarmament <strong>and</strong> eompromisns
uF inw'nanonal ddhrcnces .
Tltis vlsion, which has Iong becn that
of the Wcs'rem intclliguvsia, speaks
sofdy <strong>and</strong> doesi t cmry a big sdck,
This was the vision rhat prevailed in
both intellectual <strong>and</strong> political circles
within thc Wcs¢w dcntocracies hctween
the two world svats .
British 1'rintc Mininat Ncvillc
Chamhetiain came to symholize rhis
vieon as lie prrsided over a wcrics uf
diplomatic fiascces wlt4ch Ied to up tn
the war. Plowcver, lte was not nniquc
burwasin fac[ highly represcnrativc of
his era.
Long before Charnberlain lxramc
prime minister, there were a whole
seass of intanatiowl disannununt
wnfennces, beginning wieh the
Washingmn naval agreement of
192 1, in which Britain<strong>and</strong> the United
Stams restriaed [heir uwn naval
strcngth, whilc lapan agreed to'S'm
strictimu" far in excess of its existing
naval srrcngtlt or thc strength rltat it
muld reach in tlte near furure . Now
Inng-tirgotren inretyztiunal Jonthv'-
cnzs at Geneva, I .acarnn <strong>and</strong> lau
sannc gcnaratcd numnlv pious agrccmcnn
Imt aku Icnent hupcs th .tt
peace muld Ix kept nth ,cords .
The opposire cision eccs pcicc w
being primarils a result otsuccc .vl611e
detnrnng rsar. "No peaec kccps it-
SeIP i .v tha \vav Prnfzssrr Donald
Kagau of Yale cxpresscd tltie v[sion ht
WFlwallo's
names6
iMVebpeden
the eve of tha war
with wwncy
wrengfrwmareluc
taRParliament,
{hese Spitfires
h<strong>and</strong>eE the Gamamthebllrst
Serleesdefeat,
intheaedel
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