The U.S. foreign policy of the period between 1930 and 1956 validated the efficacy of diplomacy over war, just as it does today.

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To jaw, jaw is always better than to war, war," is a famous quotation of Winston Churchill, the war-time British PM. Coming as it did from someone who knew all there is to know about making war and peace and a politician who can hardly accused of being a supporter of "appeasement" -- the quote carries immense weight

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