P. E. Caquet

"With friends like these, who needs enemies?" What the French and British did to Czechoslovakia was inexcusable. There have been many books written about this and many have tried to paint a rosy picture concerning the treacherous way that the two powers reneged on their treaty obligations in the name of "peace". Caquet makes a very compelling argument that Hitler may have been stopped both externally (the German war machine was not sustainable in 1938) and internally (military staff plotting to get rid of Hitler if war was started) had the major powers just honored their obligations as written. Instead, Hitler was able to enlarge its military with the Czech stockpile and keep its military supplied with the Czech manufacturing infrastructure. The Great War was started because no one was willing to seek out a peaceful solution. World War 2 was started because that was the only thing that they wanted to do.… (más)