Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945 With a New Afterword

by Dallek, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780195097320
• ISBN10: 0195097327
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780199826667
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780195062052
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-05-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Since the original publication of this classic book in 1979, Roosevelt's foreign policy has come under attack on three main points: Was Roosevelt responsible for the confrontation with Japan that led to the attack at Pearl Harbor? Did Roosevelt "give away" Eastern Europe to Stalin and theU.S.S.R. at Yalta? And, most significantly, did Roosevelt abandon Europe's Jews to the Holocaust, making no direct effort to aid them? In a new Afterword to his definitive history, Dallek vigorously and brilliantly defends Roosevelt's policy. He emphasizes how Roosevelt operated as a master politician in maintaining a national consensus for his foreign policy throughout his presidency and how he brilliantly achieved his policyand military goals.

Author Biography

Robert Dallek is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Prologue An American Internationalist	p. 3
The Internationalist as Nationalist, 1932-1934
First Things First	p. 23
The Diplomacy of Hope	p. 35
...and Nationalism	p. 59
Farewell to Internationalism	p. 78
The Internationalist as Isolationist, 1935-1938
Muddling Through	p. 101
Standing Still	p. 122
Gestures	p. 144
The Politics of Foreign Policy, 1939-1941
Limited Influence	p. 171
The Reluctant Neutral	p. 199
Conflict and Compromise	p. 233
The Tortuous Road to War	p. 269
The Idealist as Realist, 1942-1945
The Struggle for Unity	p. 317
Balancing Needs	p. 362
Alliance Politics	p. 406
1944: Victories and Doubts	p. 442
Will There Be Peace?	p. 485
Epilogue Rossevelt as Foreign Policy Leader	p. 529
Afterword 1995	p. 539
A Note on Sources and Notes	p. 553
Selected Bibliography	p. 633
Index	p. 643
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