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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... Hitler's Final Solution . When World War II broke out , Barnes claimed that the British and French " deserved " Hitler , called the conflict a " back room brawl , " and hoped that neither side would be victorious . In May 1940 , the ...
... Hitler's Final Solution . When World War II broke out , Barnes claimed that the British and French " deserved " Hitler , called the conflict a " back room brawl , " and hoped that neither side would be victorious . In May 1940 , the ...
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... Hitler justified his attack on the grounds that the Poles would not cede the German - speaking areas of Danzig and the Polish Corridor.1 Once war broke out , blame for the conflict varied.2 Certain nonintervention- ists accused Hitler ...
... Hitler justified his attack on the grounds that the Poles would not cede the German - speaking areas of Danzig and the Polish Corridor.1 Once war broke out , blame for the conflict varied.2 Certain nonintervention- ists accused Hitler ...
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... Hitler's earlier diplomatic overtures to Poland , the Anglo- French guarantee to the Poles of March 1939 , the Munich pact of September 1938 , and the German - Soviet accord of August 1939. To begin with , several figures accepted a ...
... Hitler's earlier diplomatic overtures to Poland , the Anglo- French guarantee to the Poles of March 1939 , the Munich pact of September 1938 , and the German - Soviet accord of August 1939. To begin with , several figures accepted a ...
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... Hitler's de- mands created another case in which " Hitler will again appear to be right and the Allies wrong . " Felix Morley , chief editorial writer for the Washington Post , found the British fighting to save " face , " not Poland ...
... Hitler's de- mands created another case in which " Hitler will again appear to be right and the Allies wrong . " Felix Morley , chief editorial writer for the Washington Post , found the British fighting to save " face , " not Poland ...
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... Hitler at Munich the keys to Eastern Europe , " wrote Lawrence Dennis , " the British decided six months later to ... Hitler's star would set.26 A few opponents of intervention saw the agreement as reducing the chances for conflict , the ...
... Hitler at Munich the keys to Eastern Europe , " wrote Lawrence Dennis , " the British decided six months later to ... Hitler's star would set.26 A few opponents of intervention saw the agreement as reducing the chances for conflict , the ...
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