Bruce S. Thornton 
The Wages of Appeasement [EPUB ebook] 
Ancient Athens, Munich, and Obama’s America

Soporte


Wages of Appeasement explores the reasons why a powerful state gives in to aggressors. It tells the story of three historical examples of appeasement: the greek city-states of the fourth century b.c., which lost their freedom to Philip II of Macedon; England in the twenties and thirties, and the failure to stop Germany’s aggression that led to World War II; and America’s current war against Islamic jihad and the 30-year failure to counter Iran’s attacks on the U.S. The inherent weaknesses of democracies and their bad habit of pursuing short-term interests at the expense of long-term security play a role in appeasement. But more important are the bad ideas people indulge, from idealized views of human nature to utopian notions like pacifism or disarmament. But especially important is the notion that diplomatic engagement and international institutions like the u.n. can resolve conflict and deter an aggressor––the delusion currently driving the Obama foreign policy in the middle east. Wages of Appeasement combines narrative history and cultural analysis to show how ideas can have dangerous and deadly consequences.

€28.99
Métodos de pago

Sobre el autor


Bruce S. Thornton is a past national fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of Classics and Humanities at the California State University. He is the author of eight previous books and numerous essays on western culture and its roots.

¡Compre este libro electrónico y obtenga 1 más GRATIS!
Idioma Inglés ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 352 ● ISBN 9781594035500 ● Tamaño de archivo 0.4 MB ● Editorial Encounter Books ● Publicado 2011 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 2467373 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
Requiere lector de ebook con capacidad DRM

Más ebooks del mismo autor / Editor

10.775 Ebooks en esta categoría