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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 75
Page 10
... March 1939 , the Munich pact of September 1938 , and the German - Soviet accord of August 1939. To begin with , several figures accepted a major German claim - namely , that the Polish crisis was rooted in the status of Danzig and the ...
... March 1939 , the Munich pact of September 1938 , and the German - Soviet accord of August 1939. To begin with , several figures accepted a major German claim - namely , that the Polish crisis was rooted in the status of Danzig and the ...
Page 39
... March 1941 , Lothian had died and Lord Halifax had become his succes- sor . When the new emissary spoke to the Pilgrims that March , he stressed that Britain sought liberation of occupied countries and global economic cooper- ation ...
... March 1941 , Lothian had died and Lord Halifax had become his succes- sor . When the new emissary spoke to the Pilgrims that March , he stressed that Britain sought liberation of occupied countries and global economic cooper- ation ...
Page 73
... March 1940 , the president's adversaries were pointing to other matters that , in their eyes , proved that his administration was acting in a highly un- neutral manner . On 19 March 1940 , James H. R. Cromwell , newly appointed minister ...
... March 1940 , the president's adversaries were pointing to other matters that , in their eyes , proved that his administration was acting in a highly un- neutral manner . On 19 March 1940 , James H. R. Cromwell , newly appointed minister ...
Page 79
... March , it had amassed some $ 3.5 million.167 Even here , several anti - interventionists demurred . The private charitable drive , said the New Republic , was backed by individuals who were seeking to enlist the United States in an ...
... March , it had amassed some $ 3.5 million.167 Even here , several anti - interventionists demurred . The private charitable drive , said the New Republic , was backed by individuals who were seeking to enlist the United States in an ...
Page 80
... march that ended in the Argonne forest . " 168 A proposal to sever diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union drew intense controversy.169 In December , Senator Vandenberg submitted a resolution ask- ing the president to report to the ...
... march that ended in the Argonne forest . " 168 A proposal to sever diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union drew intense controversy.169 In December , Senator Vandenberg submitted a resolution ask- ing the president to report to the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
14 October 23 October administration AFC Papers AFC Research Bureau Allies American anti-interventionists April army attack August Boake Carter Says Borchard Papers Britain British called Castle Diary CDAAA Chamberlain Chicago Tribune China Christian Century 57 Churchill cited claimed Congressman December defense Doenecke Douglas Stuart Jr Edwin endorsed entry Europe example February fight Fish Flynn Follette Foreign France German Harry Elmer Barnes Hearst Herbert Hoover Hertzberg HFAC Hiram Johnson Hitler Hugh Johnson interventionist January Japan Japanese John Bassett Moore John Haynes Holmes July June Lawrence Dennis Libby Lindbergh Lundeen March military nation naval Nazi neutrality noninterventionists Norman Thomas November NYDN NYWT Peace Action percent Philip La Follette president Republic Reynolds Robert Roosevelt Russia Sargent Scribner's Commentator Senator September 1939 SFRC ships Social Justice Soviet speech Taft testimony Thomas Papers Uncensored United University Vandenberg Villard Washington Wheeler WIL Papers William World York Daily