The logic of appeasement : can appeasement be a viable foreign policy option for the United States of America

• Main Author: Fang, Yi Shen
• Other Authors: Nilay Saiya
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76723
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The policy of appeasement had long been dismissed as a viable policy option among foreign policy scholars and practitioners. This prompt dismissal stems from the misplaced notion that appeasement would only encourage continued aggression from the appeased. This paper argues that appeasement can and...