Justus D. Doenecke, John E. Wilz

From Isolation to War (eBook, ePUB)

1931-1941

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The new edition of this popular and widely-used American history textbook has been thoroughly updated to include a wealth of new scholarship on American diplomacy in the decade leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. * Features new material on the Washington Conference of 1921-22, early American diplomacy in the Manchurian crisis, the Panay incident, Russia's invasion of Finland, the destroyer-bases deal, and much more * Pays particular attention to Roosevelt's policies towards Jewish refugees, the battle between domestic groups like the America First Committee and Fight for Freedom, and the Welles mission of 1940 * Includes concise biographical sketches of major world leaders, including Hoover, FDR, Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Tojo * Outlines and examines the debates of historians over the wisdom of U.S. policies

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118952344
• Artikelnr.: 43688417

Autorenporträt

Justus D. Doenecke is Professor Emeritus of History at the New College of Florida. He is the author of over a dozen books, including Nothing Less Than War: A New History of America's Entry Into World War I (2011), Debating Franklin D. Roosevelt's Foreign Policies, 1933-1945 (2005 with Mark A. Stoler), and Storm on the Horizon: The Challenge to American Intervention, 1939-1941 (2003) which was awarded the annual Herbert Hoover Book Award from the Hoover Presidential Library Association as the best book on any topic of American History within the years 1914-1964. The late John E. Wilz was professor of history at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he was a member of the history faculty from 1958 until his death in 1994. Over the years he served as a mentor to many young historians, and he was the author of numerous books, including In Search for Peace: The Senate Munitions Inquiry, 1934-36 (1963).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
1 In Search of Peace 1
The Roots of Anti-Interventionism 4
The Disillusionment of the 1920s 7
A Rising Peace Sentiment 13
2 Manchuria 19
The Rise of Imperial Japan 21
Japan Attacks Manchuria 34
The Failure of American Protest 48
3 The Dilemmas of Neutrality 58
Early New Deal Diplomacy 60
The Nye Committee 73
The Spanish Civil War 82
Japan's "China Incident" 90
The Panay Sinking 97
4 Toward War in Europe 105
Prelude to the European War 106
Germany Conquers Western Europe 118
The Destroyer-Bases Deal 128
The Nature of the Axis Threat 137
From H.R. 1776 to the Newfoundland Conference 140
The Undeclared Naval War 154
5 Toward War in the Pacific 163
America Debates Japan's Advances 164
FDR's Freezing Orders 178
Faltering Diplomacy 187
Pacific Diplomacy Evaluated 203
6 Day of Infamy 209
Pearl Harbor Attacked 211
The Revisionist Case Evaluated 220
Germany Declares War on the United States 231
Bibliographical Essay 234
Author Index 261
Subject Index 267
Maps: Manchuria, 1932 20
Europe, 1939 110-111
Western Pacific, 1941 168-169

Rezensionen

"An excellent book has just got better. The text has been refreshed with insights drawn from the most recent scholarship, and biographical sketches of nine wartime leaders lend color and clarity to the account. This is an ideal book for undergraduate courses on U.S. foreign relations or 20th century U.S. history." -- Andrew J. Rotter Charles A. Dana Professor, Director, Peace and Conflict Studies, Colgate University

"Justus Doenecke's new edition of the interwar era emulates the era's great American sport by touching all four bases: the newest scholarship, superb writing, compelling argument, and in 1941 an appropriate climax. A home run." -- Walter LaFeber Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University History Professor Emeritus, Cornell University