Appeasement

Appeasement is a strategic manoeuver, based on either pragmatism, fear of war, or moral conviction, that leads to acceptance of imposed conditions in lieu of armed resistance. Since World War II, the term has gained a negative connotation, in politics and in general, of weakness and cowardice.

The theme of appeasement in contemporary U.S. foreign policy

American neoconservatives have frequently invoked images of appeasement as a basis for promting an muscular foreign policy that does not compromise with presumed threats.

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