Historiography of Causes of WWII

Name the historian who argues that Chamberlain's error was that Appeasement should have been pursued more vigorously in 1939.

• John CHARMLEY

• AJP TAYLOR

• Ian Kershaw

• Fritz Fischer

Name the historian who argues that Neville Chamberlain achieved the best possible outcome for Britain considering the economic and political constraints of the time.

• John CHARMLEY

• AJP Taylor

• Winston Churchill

• Richard OVERY

This historian argues that Chamberlain chose not implement viable alternative policies to Appeasement such as securing support for a close alliance with France after Anschluss, which could have led to a policy of encircling and containing Germany.

• John CHARMLEY

• AJP TAYLOR

• Richard Overy

• RAC Parker

This historian is considered a proponent of the Orthodox school of thought in relation to the outbreak of WWII (ie) Hitler should be considered wholly responsible.

• Richard EVANS

• John CHARMLEY

• Hugh Trevor-Roper

• AJP TAYLOR

Richard Overy argues that the international system that existed in the interwar years did not reflect the shifts in international power. While British and French power were declining, they were seen to be the leaders of the League of Nations. Is this an accurate assessment of the argument put forward by Overy?

• Yes

• No

Which historian penned this phrase: "A profound longing for peace, sometimes emerging as pacificism in the strict sense of the total rejection of war or any use of force, exercised a pervasive influence in France during the 1920s and 1930s"?

• Norman Lowe

• Ian KERSHAW

• Richard Evans

• PMH Bell

This historian claims that Neville Chamberlain was afflicted by an "extraordinarily misplaced self-confidence that he knew what Hitler wanted; could handle him, and could cajole him into a peaceful settlement of Europe's problems."

• Ian KERSHAW

• AJP Taylor

• Richard Evans

• Hugh Trevor-Roper

If one accepts that Hitler's aggressive foreign policy was a continuation of a German tradition, rather than a new direction, you could refer to this policy as an example to support this view.

• Appeasement

• Worldpolitik

• Detente

True or false. Fritz Fischer argued in support of AJP Taylor's view of continuity in German foreign policy.

• True

• False

This historian described Hitler as 'a gangster on the international stage.'

• Norman LOWE

• RAC Parker

• John Charmley

• Ian Kershaw