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Between 1939-1941, from the time that Germany invaded Poland until
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Americans engaged in a debate as
intense as any in U.S. history. In Storm on the Horizon, prominent
historian Justus D. Doenecke analyzes the personalities, leading
action groups, and major congressional debates surrounding the
decision to participate in World War II. Doenecke is the first
scholar to place the anti-interventionist movement in a wider
framework, by focusing on its underlying military, economic, and
geopolitical assumptions. Doenecke addresses key questions such as:
how did the anti-interventionists perceive the ideology, armed
potential, and territorial aspirations of Germany, the British
Empire, Japan, and the Soviet Union? To what degree did they
envision Nazi Germany as a bulwark against the Soviet Union? What
role would the U.S. play in a world increasingly composed of
competing economic blocs and military alliances? Storm on the
Horizon is certain to become the standard study of this tumultuous
time and will require readers to reevaluate their understanding of
the United States entry into World War II.
Elected an unprecedented four times to the presidency, Franklin D.
Roosevelt led the United States through some of the most dramatic
and trying foreign and domestic episodes in its history. Coming to
power in the throws of a crippling depression, Roosevelt quickly
found himself having to juggle the need for tremendous domestic
revitalization in a world menaced by burgeoning aggressor states.
In Debating Franklin D. Roosevelt's Foreign Policies, noted
historians Justus D. Doenecke and Mark A. Stoler offer differing
perspectives on the Roosevelt years, finding disparate meanings
from common data. Finding Roosevelt astute at choosing the most
effective option of those available, Stoler generally defends FDR's
policies against their traditional critics. Conversely, Doenecke
emphasizes a dangerous shallowness and superficiality in FDR's
approach to foreign affairs, particularly in his first two terms.
The contrary viewpoints of the authors, supplemented by carefully
chosen documents, provide an ideal introduction allowing readers to
examine the issues and draw their own conclusions about Franklin
Roosevelt's foreign policy.
Justus D. Doenecke's monumental study covers diplomatic, military,
and ideological aspects of U.S. involvement as a full-scale
participant in World War I. The entry of America into the "war to
end all wars" in April 1917 marks one of the major turning points
in the nation's history. In the span of just nineteen months, the
United States sent nearly two million troops overseas, established
a robust propaganda apparatus, and created an unparalleled war
machine that played a major role in securing Allied victory in the
fall of 1918. At the helm of the nation, Woodrow Wilson and his
administration battled against political dissidence, domestic and
international controversies, and their own lack of experience
leading a massive war effort. In More Precious than Peace, the
long-awaited successor to his critically acclaimed work Nothing
Less than War, Justus D. Doenecke examines the entirety of the
American experience as a full-scale belligerent in World War I.
This book covers American combat on the western front, the
conscription controversy, and scandals in military training and
production. Doenecke explores the Wilson administration's quest for
national unity, the Creel Committee, and "patriotic" crusades.
Weaving together these topics and many others, including the U.S.
reaction to the Russian revolutions, Doenecke creates a lively and
comprehensive narrative. Based on impressive research, this
balanced appraisal challenges historiographical controversies and
will be of great use to students, scholars, and any reader
interested in the history of World War I.
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, political leaders in the
United States were swayed by popular opinion to remain neutral; yet
less than three years later, the nation declared war on Germany. In
Nothing Less Than War: A New History of America's Entry into World
War I, Justus D. Doenecke examines the clash of opinions over the
war during this transformative period and offers a fresh
perspective on America's decision to enter World War I. Doenecke
reappraises the public and private diplomacy of President Woodrow
Wilson and his closest advisors and explores in great depth the
response of Congress to the war. He also investigates the debates
that raged in the popular media and among citizen groups that
sprang up across the country as the U.S. economy was threatened by
European blockades and as Americans died on ships sunk by German
U-boats. The decision to engage in battle ultimately belonged to
Wilson, but as Doenecke demonstrates, Wilson's choice was not made
in isolation. Nothing Less Than War provides a comprehensive
examination of America's internal political climate and its
changing international role during the seminal period of
1914--1917.
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