appeasement of an aggressor

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• Appeasement — is the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and compromise, thereby avoiding the resort to an armed conflict which would be expensive, bloody, and possibly dangerous. The… …   Wikipedia

• appeasement — meaning ‘the process of satisfying a potential aggressor’, has had unfavourable overtones since its use in the 1930s with reference to Nazi Germany, and now always carries the implication of making shameful or inadvisable concessions. As late as… …   Modern English usage

• appeasement behaviour — noun (animal behaviour) Submissive behaviour of an animal in an attempt to inhibit attack by a potential aggressor • • • Main Entry: ↑appease …   Useful english dictionary

• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• illusion — n. 1) to create, produce an illusion 2) to cherish, harbor an illusion 3) to dispel an illusion 4) an optical illusion 5) an illusion about 6) an illusion to + inf. (it s an illusion to think that...) 7) an illusion that + clause (it is an… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Causes of World War II — World War II seriesv · d · e …   Wikipedia

• Präventivkriegsthese — Toter russischer Soldat vor brennendem BT 7 Panzer, Juni 1941 Als Präventivkriegs oder Präventivschlagthese, auch Präventivkriegslegende,[1] bezeichnet man die Behauptung, der …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Pacifism — Pacifist redirects here. For other uses, see Pacifist (disambiguation). Dovish redirects here. For the economic term, see Dovish (inflation). A peace sign, which is widely associated with pacifism. Pacifism is the opposition to war and violence.… …   Wikipedia

• Lesson of Munich — In international relations, the Lesson of Munich asserts that adversaries will interpret restraint as indicating a lack of capability or political will or both. The name refers to the appeasement of Adolf Hitler s Nazi Germany in negotiations… …   Wikipedia

• Aggression in Fernost: Japanischer Überfall auf die Mandschurei —   Es ist unbestreitbar, dass ohne jede Kriegserklärung ein großer Teil chinesischen Gebiets von japanischen Truppen mit Gewalt eingenommen und besetzt und dass er infolge dieser Unternehmung von dem übrigen China getrennt und für unabhängig… …   Universal-Lexikon

• League of Nations — (English) Société des Nations (French) Sociedad de Naciones (Spanish) International organization …   Wikipedia