Storm on the Horizon The Challenge to American Intervention, 1939-1941

by Doenecke, Justus D.

• ISBN13: 9780742507852
• ISBN10: 0742507858
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-22
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Prominent historian Justus Doenecke analyzes the personalities, leading action groups, and major congressional debates surrounding the U.S. decision to participate in World War II.

Author Biography

Justus D. Doenecke is professor of history at New College of the University of South Florida, Sarasota

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
List of Acronyms	xvii
A Note to the Reader	xix
Introduction: The Many Mansions of Anti-interventionism	1	(8)
War, Phony and Real	9	(12)
Early Hopes for Peace	21	(8)
A Matter of War Aims	29	(13)
American Goals: An Object of Suspicion	42	(17)
Initial Engagements	59	(24)
The Fall of Western Europe	83	(17)
Protecting the Republic	100	(19)
Military Defense of the Hemisphere	119	(20)
Economic Survival in the Americas	139	(11)
War, Peace, and Elections	150	(15)
Lend-Lease and the ``Futile War''	165	(12)
A Troubled Spring	177	(12)
Great Britain: An Unfit Ally	189	(14)
The British Empire: A Dubious Cause	203	(9)
The Soviets: A Greater Enemy	212	(16)
A Pivotal Summer	228	(13)
Projections of Conflict	241	(12)
Waging Undeclared War	253	(17)
The Domestic Front	270	(15)
The Asian Cauldron	285	(19)
Toward the Pacific War	304	(19)
Conclusion	323	(6)
Notes	329	(172)
Bibliography	501	(26)
Index	527	(24)
About the Author	551