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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... called isolationists of the pre -- World War II era than any other living historian . This comprehensive and evenhanded book on opposition to American intervention should remain the standard account for generations . " --Leo P. Ribuffo ...
... called isolationists of the pre -- World War II era than any other living historian . This comprehensive and evenhanded book on opposition to American intervention should remain the standard account for generations . " --Leo P. Ribuffo ...
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... called World War II an " imperialist " struggle , although he sought a declaration of war soon after the Soviet Union entered the conflict . Usher Burdick ( Rep . - N.Dak . ) had been state president of the Farm Holiday Association , a ...
... called World War II an " imperialist " struggle , although he sought a declaration of war soon after the Soviet Union entered the conflict . Usher Burdick ( Rep . - N.Dak . ) had been state president of the Farm Holiday Association , a ...
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... called Britain's declaration of war “ one of the greatest and most stupid blunders in history - if not the greatest . " 18 To many , the fundamental error went far beyond the Anglo - French guaran- tee to Poland . Rather it lay in ...
... called Britain's declaration of war “ one of the greatest and most stupid blunders in history - if not the greatest . " 18 To many , the fundamental error went far beyond the Anglo - French guaran- tee to Poland . Rather it lay in ...
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... called for an end to hostilities in the West , followed by a general peace conference to discuss such matters as disarma- ment , colonies , international economic reorganization , " the Jewish problem , " the redivision of Eastern ...
... called for an end to hostilities in the West , followed by a general peace conference to discuss such matters as disarma- ment , colonies , international economic reorganization , " the Jewish problem , " the redivision of Eastern ...
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... called " the Baptist lay leader of the British Empire . " Until the United States entered the war , some noninterventionists speculated hopefully on Lloyd George's return to power and a possible peace bid , although others -- such as ...
... called " the Baptist lay leader of the British Empire . " Until the United States entered the war , some noninterventionists speculated hopefully on Lloyd George's return to power and a possible peace bid , although others -- such as ...
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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