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Against Immediate Evil : American Internationalists and the Four Freedoms on the Eve of World War II.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (243 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801454738
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Against Immediate EvilDDC classification:
  • 327.73009/04
LOC classification:
  • E744
Online resources:
Contents:
Against Immediate Evil -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Four Freedoms -- 1. The Sino-Japanese War and the American Committee for Non-Participation in Japanese Aggression -- 2. The Coming of War and the American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts -- 3. The Phony War and the Non-Partisan Committee for Peace through Revision of the Neutrality Law -- 4. Blitzkrieg and the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies -- 5. The Destroyer-Bases Agreement and the Century Group -- 6. Maximum Aid and the Battle for Lend-Lease -- 7. Deliver the Goods and Fight for Freedom -- 8. The Battle of the Atlantic from Barbarossa to Pearl Harbor -- Epilogue: War and Beyond -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Andrew Johnstone tells the story of how internationalist Americans worked between 1938 and 1941 to convince the U.S. government and the American public of the need to stem the rising global tide of fascist aggression.
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Against Immediate Evil -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Four Freedoms -- 1. The Sino-Japanese War and the American Committee for Non-Participation in Japanese Aggression -- 2. The Coming of War and the American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts -- 3. The Phony War and the Non-Partisan Committee for Peace through Revision of the Neutrality Law -- 4. Blitzkrieg and the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies -- 5. The Destroyer-Bases Agreement and the Century Group -- 6. Maximum Aid and the Battle for Lend-Lease -- 7. Deliver the Goods and Fight for Freedom -- 8. The Battle of the Atlantic from Barbarossa to Pearl Harbor -- Epilogue: War and Beyond -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Andrew Johnstone tells the story of how internationalist Americans worked between 1938 and 1941 to convince the U.S. government and the American public of the need to stem the rising global tide of fascist aggression.

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