Title:
The sphinx : Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the road to World War II
Author:
Wapshott, Nicholas, author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Physical Description:
xvi, 446 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:
Before Pearl Harbor, before the Nazi invasion of Poland, America teetered between the desire for isolation and the threat of world war.
Language:
English
Contents:
The Sphinx -- 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" -- High noon -- The battle of lend-lease -- Lindbergh's best shot -- Jesus Christ! what a man! -- We've got ourselves a convoy -- Barbarossa -- Day on infamy -- Isolationism redux.
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ISBN:
9780393088885
Format :
Book
