... Britain/France and Germany was largely a result of diplomatic blunders, miscalculations, and mistakes rather than as a result of a conscious decision for war against the West on the part of Hitler ("A.J.P. Taylor, The Origins of the Second World War"). The book also answers the following question, "why did Great Britain and France declare war on Germany?" (Taylor, v) Why did they hold on to the policy of appeasement although they saw it was not working? Why did Great Britain and France finally resist after such a long period of appeasement? (Taylor, xiii) The blunders that Britain and France made concerning Germany started right after the First World War. The allied countries and Germany didn't agree with what they thought were the reasons for the First World War. Taylor states with regard to the 'German problem', "the Allies might claim that the war had been brought about by German aggression; ...

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