Bibliograph

The sphinx, Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the road to World War II, Nicholas Wapshott

Type

Label

The sphinx, Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the road to World War II, Nicholas Wapshott

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-421) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The sphinx

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

890807668

Responsibility statement

Nicholas Wapshott

Sub title

Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the road to World War II

Summary

Before Pearl Harbor, before the Nazi invasion of Poland, America teetered between the desire for isolation and the threat of world war

Table Of 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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