Why is appeasement in the 1930s an important case study for today?

Giving candy to a child to stop them from crying, giving territory to a dictator to stop him form waging war. Is it the same thing?

Who in their right mind believes we should even try to placate the monsters responsible for the atrocities of September 11th, 2001?    Terrorists see negotiations as a sign of weakness and a lack of resolve.   Though the 'peace protestors' mean well, they... are the same type of people who sought to appease Adolf Hitler.    http://www.9-11justice.org/

CHURCHILL IN HOUSE OF COMMONS FEB 1938 The Prime Minister and his colleagues have entered upon another and a new policy. The old policy was an effort to establish the rule of law in Europe, and build up through the League of Nations effective deterrents against the aggressor. Is it the new policy to come to terms with the totalitarian Powers in the hope that by great and far-reaching acts of submission, not merely in sentiment and pride, but in material factors, peace may be preserved.

A firm stand by France and Britain, under the authority of the League of Nations, would have been followed by the immediate evacuation of the Rhineland without the shedding of a drop of blood; and the effects of that might have enabled the more prudent elements of the German Army to gain their proper position, and would not have given to the political head of Germany the enormous ascendancy which has enabled him to move forward. Austria has now been laid in thrall, and we do not know whether Czechoslovakia will not suffer a similar attack.

You have only to look at the map to see that nothing we could do could possibly save Czechoslovakia from being overrun by the Germans.   - Chamberlain, writing to his sister in 1938. REASONS FOR APPEASEMENT Some British people approved of Hitler's policies.     The British people hoped that a strong Germany would stop the growth of Communist Russia.     Many people felt that events in Europe were not Britain's business.     Many British people wanted peace.     Many British people agreed with Hitler that the Treaty of Versailles was unfair.

"The Reckoning. " "PAN-GERMAN: 'MONSTROUS, I CALL IT "The Reckoning." "PAN-GERMAN: 'MONSTROUS, I CALL IT. WHY, IT'S FULLY A QUARTER OF WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE MADE THEM PAY, IF WE'D WON.'" In the immediate aftermath of the war, European nations had little sympathy for Germany. Over time, however, a consensus developed that Germany had been punished too harshly.