I am reading Winston Churchill's book of WWII. The winners of WWI were convinced that universal disarmament would make impossible a new mechanized war.
Shalom Achshav "Peace Now" (peace at all cost) Israeli utopist movement did not learn a thing. Churchill writes that the Oxford students club resolution that they refuse to fight for King and Country convinced the Duce and the Fuhrer that England will not resist.
"...widespread western devotion to disarmament and dedication to peace were two of several reasons why democratic statesmen could not respond decisively to Hitler's threat.
... Allied failure to bring defeat home to the German people in 1918-19 generated a resentment which contributed to interwar instability and Hitler's rise."
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