Munich Accords 
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2/6/2022
Art's Historical License in Netflix's "The Edge of War"
by Yoav Tenembaum
The recent Netflix film's treatment of the Munich Accords reads backwards from the outcomes of Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy to argue, wrongly, that the Prime Minister's intent was to buy time for the British to rearm.
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1/30/2022
Neville Chamberlain: Unsung Hero of WWII
by Luke Reader
A new Netflix film should prompt a reassessment of the legacy of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who arguably succeeded in saving Britain and the European opposition to Hitler through a two-pronged strategy that used appeasement to buy time for rearmament.
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