Appeasers - Goldbacks Author:Martin Gilbert, Richard Gott Gilbert and Gott, as two young Oxford historians in 1963, wrote this compelling account of how a whole important branch of foreign policy was developed, how it was carried out, and why it was misconceived. The pre-war administration of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain ignored its advisors and pursued a policy of appeasement in the mistaken bel... more »ief that it would cause an end to Hitler's plans.« less