Time Magazine and Nazi Appeasment

In 1938, Time Magazine held Hitler as their choice for man of the year. The magazine then goes into detail about who the fuher was, how he came to be fuher, and how he came to pull Germany out of the grave. Everything about the article screamed appeasement.

In the years prior to the war, many people who were anti-war were also pro-appeasement. Their logic: If we give Hitler what he wants, then he won't want more.
That is until he comes back for more like he did every time.

Both the British and the French had tried their damndest to stop Hitler short of war, however, all their attempts proved inconsequential. What Europe needed was for its biggest powers to stand up to Germany but no one was looking for a fight without being provoked. And with Germany not infringing on the French border, the allies could really care less about going to war with Hitler.
This article was published a mere meager few months from Hitler's annexation of Poland and the Allies finally taking action against the Nazi juggernaut.

What this says about time at the time is very telling of how westerners felt that appeasement was justifiable if it meant peace or avoiding confrontation. The sentiments felt by time was far more general than one might have believed and if not for Germany taking a side against us some might have still believed in appeasement. This kind of actionless, spineless, and ignorant view towards German aggression would dissipate, however, as more Americans were becoming aware that the war would be coming to them very soon.