>>>>>>>>>>> This, if true, renders impossible Bevin Alexander?s counterfactual on page 211 of The Future of Warfare: ?Hitler might never have brought the world to chaos if the United States had joined with Britain and France and threatened war when Germany?s army was still feeble and Hitler undertook his first aggressive move, the reoccupation of the demilitarized Rhineland in 1936. . . .? <<<<<<<<<<< It is certainly true that Britain and France merely condemned the reoccupation. France would have preferred to fight Germany then (with the other remaining Locarno Powers: ) but Britain was not prepared to. Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" ? The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html