The Sphinx : Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wapshott, Nicholas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Political and social views.
Kennedy, Joseph P. > (Joseph Patrick), > 1888-1969 > Political and social views.
Lindbergh, Charles A. > (Charles Augustus), > 1902-1974 > Political and social views.
World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history.
Isolationism > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 1933-1945.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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."

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