History’s Most Terrifying Peace

History’s Most Terrifying Peace is Austin J. App’s forceful indictment of the postwar settlement imposed upon Germany and other defeated nations after World War II. Through thirteen original and previously published articles, App argues that the principles promised in the Atlantic Charter were abandoned in favor of punitive policies of territorial dismemberment, mass expulsion, forced labor, deindustrialization, occupation, and collective punishment. He attacks the Morgenthau and Potsdam programs, examines the expulsion of millions of Germans from Eastern and Central Europe, challenges Allied denazification and war-crimes policies, and condemns cooperation with Soviet expansion at the expense of smaller nations.