Munich Betrayal
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Munich Betrayal is a critical, pejorative term for the 1938 Munich Agreement, emphasizing how the pact is seen as a shameful act of appeasement that sacrificed Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pejorative term
ⓘ
political term ⓘ |
| appliedTo | Western powers’ conduct in 1938 ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Munich Agreement
ⓘ
surface form:
1938 Munich Agreement
|
| associatedWithLeader |
Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
Benito Mussolini ⓘ Neville Chamberlain ⓘ Édouard Daladier ⓘ |
| characterizesAs | shameful act of appeasement ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | positive or neutral views of the Munich Agreement ⓘ |
| evaluatesAs |
betrayal of an ally
ⓘ
failure of collective security ⓘ |
| framesAs | abandonment of Czechoslovak sovereignty ⓘ |
| hasConnotation |
critical
ⓘ
pejorative ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | prelude to World War II ⓘ |
| implies | sacrifice of Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| moralJudgmentOn | British and French diplomacy in 1938 ⓘ |
| refersTo | Munich Agreement ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Munich Agreement
ⓘ
surface form:
Sudetenland crisis
appeasement ⓘ |
| usedAs | warning metaphor in later foreign policy discussions ⓘ |
| usedBy | critics of appeasement ⓘ |
| usedIn | historical debates about deterrence and appeasement ⓘ |
| usedInContextOf |
appeasement policy
ⓘ
interwar European diplomacy ⓘ |
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