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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... Lundeen ( Farmer - Lab . - Minn . ) in 1939 , the British had engaged in fifty - four wars , the French in fifty - three.21 Senator Sheridan Downey ( Dem . - Calif . ) began with a reference to the year 1066 : " Do not underrate the ...
... Lundeen ( Farmer - Lab . - Minn . ) in 1939 , the British had engaged in fifty - four wars , the French in fifty - three.21 Senator Sheridan Downey ( Dem . - Calif . ) began with a reference to the year 1066 : " Do not underrate the ...
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... at home . " 72 Few anti - interventionists believed Rauschning.73 Only William R. Castle gave The Voice credence , saying it showed Hitler was " determined to have Germany dominate the world . " 74 Lundeen called The Voice 36 Chapter 3.
... at home . " 72 Few anti - interventionists believed Rauschning.73 Only William R. Castle gave The Voice credence , saying it showed Hitler was " determined to have Germany dominate the world . " 74 Lundeen called The Voice 36 Chapter 3.
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... Lundeen called The Voice " curdling bedtime stories . " 75 Harry Elmer Barnes equated it with Lord Bryce's spurious report on World War I atrocities and André Cheradame's The Pan German Plot.76 Senator Nye ac- cused Rauschning of ...
... Lundeen called The Voice " curdling bedtime stories . " 75 Harry Elmer Barnes equated it with Lord Bryce's spurious report on World War I atrocities and André Cheradame's The Pan German Plot.76 Senator Nye ac- cused Rauschning of ...
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... Lundeen called for seizing Bermuda , Nye for barring the island to American traffic . Rep- resentative Melvin Maas ( Rep . - Minn . ) proposed that American warships carry the mail , doing so , he said , to prevent the British from ...
... Lundeen called for seizing Bermuda , Nye for barring the island to American traffic . Rep- resentative Melvin Maas ( Rep . - Minn . ) proposed that American warships carry the mail , doing so , he said , to prevent the British from ...
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... Lundeen remarked , “ Every act of Mr. Roosevelt confirms the view of the authors that the President is de- termined to drag our country into Europe's war . " To Uncensored , American troops would definitely be sent overseas if other ...
... Lundeen remarked , “ Every act of Mr. Roosevelt confirms the view of the authors that the President is de- termined to drag our country into Europe's war . " To Uncensored , American troops would definitely be sent overseas if other ...
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