Storm on the Horizon: The Challenge to American Intervention, 1939-1941Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002 M07 15 - 551 pages Between 1939-1941, from the time that Germany invaded Poland until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Americans engaged in a debate as intense as any in U.S. history. In Storm on the Horizon, prominent historian Justus D. Doenecke analyzes the personalities, leading action groups, and major congressional debates surrounding the decision to participate in World War II. Doenecke is the first scholar to place the anti-interventionist movement in a wider framework, by focusing on its underlying military, economic, and geopolitical assumptions. Doenecke addresses key questions such as: how did the anti-interventionists perceive the ideology, armed potential, and territorial aspirations of Germany, the British Empire, Japan, and the Soviet Union? To what degree did they envision Nazi Germany as a bulwark against the Soviet Union? What role would the U.S. play in a world increasingly composed of competing economic blocs and military alliances? Storm on the Horizon is certain to become the standard study of this tumultuous time and will require readers to reevaluate their understanding of the United States entry into World War II. |
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... Flynn , a financial writer best known among intellectuals for his attacks on Wall Street speculation , who made no secret of finding FDR at- tempting to lift the United States out of the depression by seeking martial ad- ventures.21 The ...
... Flynn , a financial writer best known among intellectuals for his attacks on Wall Street speculation , who made no secret of finding FDR at- tempting to lift the United States out of the depression by seeking martial ad- ventures.21 The ...
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... Flynn , whose financial column increasingly warned of the perils of militarization , was fired.29 The monthly Common Sense , edited by Alfred M. Bingham and Selden Rod- man , possessed a moderate noninterventionism , combining its ...
... Flynn , whose financial column increasingly warned of the perils of militarization , was fired.29 The monthly Common Sense , edited by Alfred M. Bingham and Selden Rod- man , possessed a moderate noninterventionism , combining its ...
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... Flynn spoke of economic collapse or a leftist revolt.87 In due time , predicted Senator William J. Bulow ( Dem . - S.Dak . ) , the German people would over- throw their Nazi rulers . Drawing on José Ortega y Gasset's Revolt of the ...
... Flynn spoke of economic collapse or a leftist revolt.87 In due time , predicted Senator William J. Bulow ( Dem . - S.Dak . ) , the German people would over- throw their Nazi rulers . Drawing on José Ortega y Gasset's Revolt of the ...
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... Flynn posited that Germany sought to re- cover its old empire , as well as that of Austria , and to strip Britain of its im- portant colonies.51 By August 1941 , the financial columnist conceded that Germany would incorporate into the ...
... Flynn posited that Germany sought to re- cover its old empire , as well as that of Austria , and to strip Britain of its im- portant colonies.51 By August 1941 , the financial columnist conceded that Germany would incorporate into the ...
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... Flynn , claiming that Germany would find a conquered England a liability , said the Reich merely sought to reign over the old German and Aus- trian empires and to strip Britain of its important colonies . Economist Stuart Chase invoked ...
... Flynn , claiming that Germany would find a conquered England a liability , said the Reich merely sought to reign over the old German and Aus- trian empires and to strip Britain of its important colonies . Economist Stuart Chase invoked ...
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