Our Chamberlain ...

Lynne Olson, author of Troublesome Young Men, makes comparisons not between Bush and Churchill (as the Chimp would probably have it), but between Bush and Chamberlain, and the similarities are striking:

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Like Bush and unlike Churchill, Chamberlain came to office with almost no understanding of foreign affairs or experience in dealing with international leaders. Nonetheless, he was convinced that he alone could bring Hitler and Benito Mussolini to heel. He surrounded himself with like-minded advisers and refused to heed anyone who told him otherwise.

In the months leading up to World War II, Chamberlain and his men saw little need to build up a strong coalition of European allies with which to confront Nazi Germany -- ignoring appeals from Churchill and others to fashion a "Grand Alliance" of nations to thwart the threat that Hitler posed to the continent.

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A lot in the article I didn't know. Gotta get the book.