America First The Battle Against Intervention 1940 1941

Author : Wayne Cole
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473350687

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America First - The Battle Against Intervention 1940-1941 by Wayne Cole Pdf

This is a detailed account of The America First Committee, with information on their efforts, organisation, notable members and events, contemporary politics, and more. The America First Committee (AFC) was the foremost United States non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in the Second World War, and it would make for an interesting addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “The Genesis”, “Leadership, Organisation, and Finances”, “The Great Arsenal of Democracy?”, “War or Peace?”, “Capitalism, Communism, and Catholicism”, “Military Defence”, “The Nazi Transmission Belt?”, “Anti-Semitism and America First”, “Shoot on Sight”, “Politics”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

Author : Wayne S. Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Neutrality
ISBN : LCCN:53007963

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America First by Wayne S. Cole Pdf

Discusses the views and activities of the America First Committee, a pressure group against the Roosevelt administration's foreign policy during 1940-1941. In the writing of the book, the author uses local, state, and national records of the organization as well as interviews and correspondence with members of the committee.

Author : Justus D. Doenecke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015036046020

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The Battle Against Intervention, 1939-1941 by Justus D. Doenecke Pdf

"An Anvil original.""Part II: Documents" (p. 99-191) contains a collection of 34 speeches, articles, essays, etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index.

Author : Anne Sharp Wells
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810879447

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Historical Dictionary of World War II by Anne Sharp Wells Pdf

This dictionary covers the complex and costly conflict that began when Germany, ruled by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, invaded neighboring Poland on 1 September 1939; and concluded when Germany surrendered on 7–9 May 1945, leaving much of the European continent in ruins and its population devastated. The war against Germany, Italy, and the other European Axis members was fought primarily in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, East and North Africa, and the Atlantic Ocean. The Axis powers were defeated by the Allies, led by the “Grand Alliance” of Great Britain, the United States, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Historical Dictionary of World War II: The War against Germany and Italy relates the history of this war through a chronology, an introductory essay, maps and photos, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 300 cross-referenced entries on the countries and geographical areas involved in the war, as well as the nations remaining neutral; wartime alliances and conferences; significant civilian and military leaders; and major ground, naval, and air operations. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about World War II.

Author : Wayne S. Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Neutrality
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001969562

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America First by Wayne S. Cole Pdf

Author : James Gilbert Ryan,Leonard C Schlup
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317468653

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Historical Dictionary of the 1940s by James Gilbert Ryan,Leonard C Schlup Pdf

The only available historical dictionary devoted exclusively to the 1940s, this book offers readers a ready-reference portrait of one of the twentieth century's most tumultuous decades. In nearly 600 concise entries, the volume quickly defines a historical figure, institution, or event, and then points readers to three sources that treat the subject in depth. In selecting topics for inclusion, the editors and authors offer a representative slice of life as contemporaneous Americans saw it - with coverage of people; movements; court cases; and economic, social, cultural, political, military, and technological changes. The book focuses chiefly on the United States, but places American lives and events firmly within a global context.

Author : Howard Jones
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742558250

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Crucible of Power by Howard Jones Pdf

In this updated edition of Crucible of Power, Howard Jones draws on his remarkable breadth as a historian of U.S. foreign relations to produce a distinguished survey of America's growth from an emerging power in the 1890s to its present day position of global preeminence. Comprehensive, tempered, and highly accessible, Jones demonstrates the complexities facing U.S. policy makers and the limitations on their actions.

Author : Susan Dunn
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300195132

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1940 by Susan Dunn Pdf

A history of the 1940 U.S. presidential election, when bitterly divided Americans debated the fate of the nation and the world. In 1940, against the explosive backdrop of the Nazi onslaught in Europe, two farsighted candidates for the U.S. presidency—Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for an unprecedented third term, and talented Republican businessman Wendell Willkie—found themselves on the defensive against American isolationists and their charismatic spokesman Charles Lindbergh, who called for surrender to Hitler's demands. In this dramatic account of that turbulent and consequential election, historian Susan Dunn brings to life the debates, the high-powered players, and the dawning awareness of the Nazi threat as the presidential candidates engaged in their own battle for supremacy. 1940 not only explores the contest between FDR and Willkie but also examines the key preparations for war that went forward, even in the midst of that divisive election season. The book tells an inspiring story of the triumph of American democracy in a world reeling from fascist barbarism, and it offers a compelling alternative scenario to today’s hyperpartisan political arena, where common ground seems unattainable. “Anyone today who believes that U.S. involvement and the ultimate Allied triumph in World War II was inevitable must read this important history."—Michael Beschloss, New York Times bestselling author of Presidential Courage “Susan Dunn, a prolific and outstanding historian, has crafted a fast-paced, serious, and extraordinarily well-researched book about the events surrounding the pivotal 1940 election. Her main characters…come brilliantly to life. I could hardly put the book down.”—James T. Patterson, author of Bancroft Prize-winning Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974

Author : Martin Folly,Niall Palmer
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810873766

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Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from World War I through World War II by Martin Folly,Niall Palmer Pdf

The period from the outset of World War I to the end of World War II was among the most significant in the history of the United States. Twice it was drawn into 'foreign entanglements'_wars it initially thought were no concern of its own and of which it tried to steer clear_only to realize that it could not stand aside. With each one, it geared up in record time, entered the fray massively, and was crucial to the outcome. Each war tested the American people and their leaders, and in each case the country came out of the conflagration stronger than before_and even more important_yet stronger relative to other countries than it had ever been. This was the period when the United States became a world leader. The Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from World War I through World War II relates the events of this crucial period in U.S. history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on key persons, places, events, institutions, and organizations.

Author : Martin Folly,Niall Palmer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810875531

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The A to Z of U.S. Diplomacy from World War I Through World War II by Martin Folly,Niall Palmer Pdf

The period from the outset of World War I to the end of World War II was among the most significant in the history of the United States. Twice it was drawn into "foreign entanglements"-- wars it initially thought were no concern of its own and of which it tried to steer clear--only to realize that it could not stand aside. With each one, it geared up in record time, entered the fray massively, and was crucial to the outcome. Each war tested the American people and their leaders, and in each case the country came out of the conflagration stronger than before-and even more important-yet stronger relative to other countries than it had ever been. This was the period when the United States became a world leader. The A to Z of U.S. Diplomacy from World War I through World War II relates the events of this crucial period in U.S. history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on key persons, places, events, institutions, and organizations.

Author : Marc C. Johnson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 799 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806163765

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Political Hell-Raiser by Marc C. Johnson Pdf

Burton K. Wheeler (1882-1975) may have been the most powerful politician Montana ever produced, and he was one of the most influential—and controversial—members of the United States Senate during three of the most eventful decades in American history. A New Deal Democrat and lifelong opponent of concentrated power—whether economic, military, or executive—he consistently acted with a righteous personal and political independence that has all but disappeared from the public sphere. Political Hell-Raiser is the first book to tell the full story of Wheeler, a genuine maverick whose successes and failures were woven into the political fabric of twentieth-century America. Wheeler came of political age amid antiwar and labor unrest in Butte, Montana, during World War I. As a crusading United States attorney, he battled Montana’s powerful economic interests, championed farmers and miners, and won election to the U.S. Senate in 1922. There he made his name as one of the “Montana scandalmongers,” uncovering corruption in the Harding and Coolidge administrations. Drawing on extensive research and new archival sources, Marc C. Johnson follows Wheeler from his early backing of Franklin D. Roosevelt and ardent support of the New Deal to his forceful opposition to Roosevelt’s plan to expand the Supreme Court and, in a move widely viewed as political suicide, his emergence as the most prominent spokesman against U.S. involvement in World War II right up to three days before Pearl Harbor. Johnson provides the most thorough telling of Wheeler’s entire career, including all its accomplishments and contradictions, as well as the political storms that the senator both encouraged and endured. The book convincingly establishes the place and importance of this principled hell-raiser in American political history.

Author : Wayne S. Cole
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015027249302

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Charles A. Lindbergh and the Battle Against American Intervention in World War II by Wayne S. Cole Pdf

Examines the personal reasons for Lindbergh's opposition to U.S. entry in the War, his wartime activities and charges of his antagonist.

Author : George C. Herring
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190649258

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The American Century and Beyond by George C. Herring Pdf

In his last years as president of the United States, an embattled George Washington yearned for a time when his nation would have "the strength of a Giant and there will be none who can make us afraid." At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States seemed poised to achieve a position of world power beyond what even Washington could have imagined. In The American Century and Beyond: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1893-2014, the second volume of a new split paperback edition of the award-winning From Colony to Superpower, George C. Herring recounts the rise of the United States from the dawn of what came to be known as the American Century. This fast-paced narrative tells a story of stunning successes and tragic failures, illuminating the central importance of foreign relations to the existence and survival of the nation. Herring shows how policymakers defined American interests broadly to include territorial expansion, access to growing markets, and the spread of the "American way of life." He recounts the United States' domination of the Caribbean and Pacific, its decisive involvement in two world wars, and the eventual victory in the half-century Cold War that left it, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world's lone superpower. But the unipolar moment turned out to be stunningly brief. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and the emergence of nations such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China have left the United States in a position that is uncertain at best. A new chapter brings Herring's sweeping narrative up through the Global War on Terror to the present.

Author : Daniel Bessner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031496776

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Rethinking U.S. World Power by Daniel Bessner Pdf

Author : Kyle Longley
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0807129801

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Senator Albert Gore, Sr. by Kyle Longley Pdf

Best remembered as the father of Vice President Al Gore, Albert Gore, Sr., worked tirelessly in politics himself, a Democratic congressman and senator from 1939 to 1971 and a representative of southern liberalism and American reformism. In the first comprehensive biography of Gore, Kyle Longley has produced an incisive portrait of a significant American political leader and an arresting narrative of the shaping of a southern and American political tradition. His research includes archival sources from across the country as well as interviews with Gore’s colleagues, friends, and family. Longley describes how the native of Possum Hollow, Tennessee, became known during his political career as a maverick, a man who, according to one journalist, would “rock almost anybody’s boat.” For his actions, Gore often paid a heavy price, personally and professionally. Overshadowed by others in Congress such as Lyndon Johnson, J. William Fulbright, Richard Russell, and Barry Goldwater, Gore nonetheless played a major role on the important issues of taxes, the Interstate Highway system, civil rights, nuclear power and arms control, and the Vietnam War. Longley situates Gore as part of a generation of politicians who matured on the messages of William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Roosevelt. In the South, Gore belonged to a staunch group of liberals who battled traditional conservative forces, often within their own party. He and others such as Estes Kefauver, Frank Porter Graham, and Ralph Yarborough set the stage for subsequent generations, including that of Jimmy Carter and Jim Sasser, and later Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Jr., and John Edwards. From his career shines one encapsulating moment in 1952: squared off on the floor of the Senate against Strom Thurmond, who wanted Gore to sign the “Southern Manifesto” declaring southern resistance to desegregation, Gore responded simply, classically, “Hell no.”