GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Applying the Lessons of the Past
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Mar 21, 2018 | 16:49 GMT
![British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain arrives at Heston airport outside London in 1938 with the Munich Pact he and Germany's Adolf Hitler signed.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/neville-chamberlain-munich.jpg?itok=E6-clMPI)
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain arrives at Heston airport outside London in 1938 with the Munich Pact he and Germany's Adolf Hitler signed. Contrary to Chamberlain's assurances, "peace in our time" was not at hand.
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