From Hitler's Germany to Saddam's Iraq: The Enduring False Promise of Preventive War

by Scott A. Silverstone

This book boldly challenges conventional wisdom about the value of preventive war. Beginning with the rise of German power and the French and British response to the Rhineland crisis leading to World War II, Scott Silverstone overturns the common impulse to point an accusing finger at British leadership for its alleged na vet , willful blindness, or outright cowardice. Arguing against the belief that Britain could have contained Germany and avoided...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144227445X
• ISBN13: 9781442274457
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"