The sphinx: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the road to World War II

Before Pearl Harbor, before the Nazi invasion of Poland, America teetered between the desire for isolation and the threat of world war

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Main Author: Wapshott, Nicholas 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Norton 2015
Edition:1. ed.
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Before Pearl Harbor, before the Nazi invasion of Poland, America teetered between the desire for isolation and the threat of world war
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-421) and index
Prologue: The Sphinx -- London calling -- One good turn -- New Dealers -- Cliveden and Windsor Castle -- Lindbergh's flight -- Peace in our time -- Kristallnacht -- On the march -- A state of war -- The battle of neutrality -- Third term fever -- The Battle of France -- Life of the party -- The Battle of Britain -- Ford's plans for peace -- The old campaigner -- "Over my dead body" -- High noon -- The battle of lend-lease -- Lindbergh's best shot -- Jesus Christ! what a man! -- We've got ourselves a convoy -- Barbarossa -- Day of infamy -- Isolationism redux
Physical Description:xvi, 446 S.
ISBN:9780393088885

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