Appeasement

Appeasement was a diplomatic policy, primarily adopted by Britain and France in the 1930s, of making concessions to aggressive powers like Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy to avoid war. Driven by the trauma of World War I and a desire for peace, this policy is most famously associated with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and the <a href="/article/munich-agreement">Munich Agreement</a> of 1938. It ultimately failed to prevent <a href="/article/world-war-2">World War II</a>, leading to widespread condemnation and shaping future international relations.