Since Trevor-Roper (1961) and Bullock (1998) (both cited in McDonough, 2002) assert in their analytical and exhaustive books that confronting Hitler earlier could have avoided war, the appeasement theory looses its entire purpose ( 'Hitlocentric interpretation'). ... This view is mostly incarnated by Taylor's (1963) book The Origins of the Second World War which has been widely criticised for its vindication of Hitler (cited in McDonough, 2002). ...

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