. . . No one in this country [Great Britain] who
examines carefully the terms under which Hitler’s
troops begin their march into Czecho-Slovakia
to-day can feel other than unhappy. Certainly the
Czechs will hardly appreciate Mr. Chamberlain’s
phrase that it is “peace with honour.”. . .
— “Return from Munich,” Guardian, October 1, 1938
The author of this excerpt is reacting to Prime
Minister Chamberlain’s policy of
(1) self-determination (3) containment
(2) ethnic segregation (4) appeasement
The author of this excerpt is reacting to Prime Minister Chamberlain’s policy of "appeasement," which was highly contested both at the time and by historians.
