The Most Appeasing Line’
New Zealand and Nazi Germany, 1935–40
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11943554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Crawford (0000-0002-5780-0848, Clinical Research Consulting, corresponding author), James Watson (0000-0002-8937-9760, Watson Clinic, corresponding author), James E M Watson (0000-0003-4942-1984, Watson Clinic, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-97 |
| Publication date | 2010-02-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-6534 • E-ISSN: 1743-9329 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03086530903538244 |
| OpenAlex | W1970602270 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
New Zealand's first Labour government has generally been depicted as opposing compromise with aggressive states during the late 1930s, thereby demonstrating an ‘independent’ and ‘moral’ foreign policy. Yet it consistently advocated negotiations with Nazi Germany, signed a trade agreement with it, welcomed the Munich settlement, discouraged public criticism of the German government and pursued a half-hearted rearmament programme. Most strikingly, it advocated a negotiated peace following the Nazi conquest of Poland and left the decision whether to fight on after the fall of France to the British government's judgement. Labour's motives included opposition to the Versailles Treaty, anti-militarism, suspicion of the British National Government, sympathy for the Soviet Union, a focus on the possible threat from Japan and, paradoxically, a desire for greater independence
Compromise · Criticism · Foreign policy · German · Government (linguistics · Independence (probability theory · Militarism · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Negotiation · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Redress · Sociology · Treaty · Australian History and Society · Canadian Identity and History · History · Law · New Zealand Economic and Social Studies
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |