History As It Happens: Best of HAIH: The Munich Fallacy

Best of History As It Happens: The Munich Fallacy: Cathal Nolan on why comparing Ukraine to 1938 Czechoslovakia is absurd.

This episode was first published on Dec. 13, 2022. New episodes of History As It Happens are coming soon.

Since British prime minister Neville Chamberlain attempted to avoid war with Hitler in 1938, the wordhas been synonymous with moral weakness and wishful thinking. While the failure to appease the Nazi dictator offers important lessons, politicians -- and even some historians -- often invoke the infamous Munich Conference as a political cudgel with which to bash their foes.

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