The Athenian choice to fight, rather than to appease Corinth, offers what diplomatic foreign policy lesson?
a. Appeasement may sometimes be a beneficial policy choice to alter the balance of power.
b. Appeasement creates unwelcome expectations of peace and can harm military planning.
c. Appeasement only forestalls armed conflict and can sometimes make it worse.
d. Appeasement should always be tried first in an attempt to avoid or reduce armed conflict but must not be relied upon exclusively.
e. Appeasement is not a tool of diplomacy or foreign policy but rather is an abdication of those tools.
Answer: a
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