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I wouldn’t give Chamberlain that credit, because in the negotiations he was weak and ineffectual, but on his return home bragged of how effective he had been in containing Hitler.

Nobody believed him then, and we should question apologists for him now.

[expat2]

The problem was he had no leverage -- to declare war would have been a total disaster. If you have no leverage, you cannot negotiate with an intelligent person and appear anything but weak.
He bragged about because (a) he wanted to place Hitler's promises firmly on the record re casus belli(/i> for the next time, (b) he was a politician, and they invariably put on spin. However, he clearly wasn't taken in because aircraft and armaments production was vastly increased when he came back.

[expat2]

The problem was he had no leverage -- to declare war would have been a total disaster. If you have no leverage, you cannot negotiate with an intelligent person and appear anything but weak.
He bragged about it because (a) he wanted to place Hitler's promises firmly on the record re casus belli for the next time, (b) he was a politician, and they invariably put on spin. However, he clearly wasn't taken in because aircraft and armaments production was vastly increased when he came back.