In the inter-war years it was the expression of a battle scarred generation's faith and hope that negotiations and agreements could replace wars as a means of settling disputes between countries. This naturally appealed to radicals and pacifists, who denied that Germany had been solely responsible for the First World; who believed that conflict could have been avoided by negotiation and good will; who maintained that the war had solved nothing; who claimed that Germany had been unjustly treated at the peace conference; and who put their trust in universal disarmament and the League of Nations . . But these feelings were not restricted to left wingers. It was Neville Chamberlain, the Conservative Prime Minister, who declared that, "In war there are no winners. There is nothing but suffering and ruin for those who are involved."