President Roosevelt and the Coming of the War, 1941: Appearances and Realities
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Conceived by Charles Beard as a sequel to his provocative study of American Foreign Policy in the Making, 1932-1940, President Roosevelt and the Coming of the War outraged a nation, permanently damaging Beard's status as America's most influential historian. Beard's main argument is that both Democratic and Republican leaders, but Roosevelt above all, worked quietly in 1940 and 1941 to insinuate the United States into the Second World War. Basing his work on available congressional records and administrative reports, Beard concludes that FDR's image as a neutral, peace-loving leader was a smokescreen, behind which he planned for
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Manufacturer: Transaction Publishers
Release date: 13 May 2003
ISBN-10 : 0765809982 | ISBN-13: 9780765809988
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Release date: 13 May 2003
ISBN-10 : 0765809982 | ISBN-13: 9780765809988