Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasing Hitler's Germany has been widely condemned. However, historians (and politicians) have been divided about the viability of alternative courses of action. Andrew David Stedman's illuminating new study of British foreign policy before World War II systematically analyzes the various alternatives to appeasement -- from isolationism to collective security to outright war -- and examines their origins, risks, and feasibility. It surveys the advocates of other strategies -- including key thinkers and decision-makers such as Churchill, Eden, Amery,...