Back door to war: The Roosevelt foreign policy, 1933-1941

Cover......Page 1
Title Page
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Copyright......Page 5
Dedication
......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 12
Historical Introduction......Page 26
I - American Relations with the Weimar Republic......Page 48
II - The Far East in Ferment......Page 74
III - Continued Friction with Japan Points towards Inevitable War......Page 103
IV - Secretary Stimson Produces a Pattern of War......Page 127
V - Secretary Hull Spurns a Japanese Olive Branch......Page 146
VI - Moscow Molds the Political Pattern in the Far East......Page 167
VII - Mussolini Looks upon Ethiopia with Acquisitive Eyes......Page 188
VIII - Britain and France Fear to Provoke War over the Issue of Ethiopia......Page 210
IX - America Anticipates the League in Exerting Economic Pressure upon Italy......Page 234
X - Mussolini Makes a Mockery out of Collective Security......Page 261
XI - Ambassador Dodd Finds Berlin an Unpleasant Spot for a Wilsonian Democrat......Page 287
XII - America Views the Hitler Regime with Increasing Dislike......Page 313
XIII - Europe Fails to Find a Substitute for Locarno......Page 330
XIV - The Shadow of Dictatorship Begins to Darken the American Landscape......Page 350
XV - Britain Blocks an Effort of Roosevelt to Find a Path to Peace......Page 373
XVI - Hitler Takes over Austria as a Long-Delayed Step towards Anschluss......Page 394
XVII - President Benes Postpones Too Long a Policy of Appeasement......Page 412
XVIII - Munich:  Prelude to Prague......Page 433
XIX - Hitler Takes Czechoslovakia under Protective Custody......Page 456
XX - Russia Instigates War in the Far East; Roosevelt Blames Japan......Page 479
XXI - Japan Proposes a Joint Search for World Peace but Hull Declines......Page 504
XXII - Europe Moves towards War......Page 532
XXIII - Stalin Lights the Fuse to World War II......Page 548
XXIV - Roosevelt Adopts a More Positive Policy towards the War in Europe......Page 581
XXV - Roosevelt Seeks a Pretext for War with Germany......Page 607
XXVI - Japan is Maneuvered into Firing the First Shot at Pearl Harbor......Page 639
Bibliography......Page 678
Index......Page 694