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
war against Germany and Japan even well before the attack on Pearl
Harbor. Beard contends that the distinction between aiding allies
in Europe like Great Britain and maintaining strict neutrality with
respect to nations like Germany and Japan was untenable. Beard does
not argue that all nations were alike, or that some did and others
did not merit American support, but rather that Roosevelt chose to
aid Great Britain secretly and unconstitutionally rather than
making the case to the American public. President Roosevelt shifted
from a policy of neutrality to one of armed intervention, but he
did so without surrendering the appearance, the fiction of
neutrality. This core argument makes the work no less explosive in
2003 than it was when first issued in 1948.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
First published: |
2003 |
Authors: |
Charles Beard
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
614 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-53068-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
1-138-53068-9 |
Barcode: |
9781138530683 |
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