From the Great War to the Good War

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From the Great War To the Good War

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“Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.” October 30, 1940

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The Mythology of Isolationism 1918 - 1941

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Economic Objective$ > FP

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stability

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Dawes Plan 1924

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$33B

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1918-1920

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1918-1920

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5000 7000 1918-1920

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1900-1933

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1900-1933

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4x 2x 6x 4x 2x 7x 1x 1900-1933

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½ finances = US Control 1924

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½ US steel & cotton exports 1935

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“Good Neighbor Policy” 1933-34

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Isolationism vs Interventionism

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Nye Committee 1934

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Nye Committee 1934 War profiteers = “Merchants of Death”

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Ludlow “amendment” Women’s Peace Union (WPU)

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Neutrality Acts 1935, 1936, 1937

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Neutrality Acts ARMS, LOANS, PASSENGERS

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America First Committee (AFC)

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America First Committee (AFC)

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1)The United States must build an invulnerable national defense. 2)No foreign power, nor group of powers, can successfully attack an America that is prepared. 3)American democracy can be preserved only by keeping out of the war in Europe. 4)“Aid short of war” weakens national defense at home and threatens to involve America in war abroad.

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“We must limit to a reasonable amount the Jewish influence….Whenever the Jewish percentage of total population becomes too high, a reaction seems to invariably occur. It is too bad because a few Jews of the right type are, I believe, an asset to any country.”

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Limiting Jewish Immigration

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ASS Breckenridge Long

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Deceit and Indifference

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The Road to American Involvement

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FDR’s role

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Chicago: October 5, 1937

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“It is true that the moral consciousness of the world must recognize the importance of removing injustices and well-founded grievances; but at the same time it must be aroused to the cardinal necessity of honoring sanctity of treaties, of respecting the rights and liberties of others and of putting an end to acts of international aggression.

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It seems to be unfortunately true that the epidemic of world lawlessness is spreading.

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It is my determination to pursue a policy of peace. It is my determination to adopt every practicable measure to avoid involvement in war. When an epidemic of physical disease starts to spread, the community approves and joins in a quarantine of the patients in order to protect the health of the community against the spread of the disease.”

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Munich Conference, 1938

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“appeasement”

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October, 1938

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“War of the Worlds”

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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 1939

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September, 1940

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1917

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500,000 rifles

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80,000 machine guns

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900 field guns

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130,000,000 ammo rounds

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Lend-Lease Act January, 1941

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“Suppose my neighbor’s home catches fire, and I have a length of garden hose four or five hundred feet away. If he can take my garden hose and connect it up with his hydrant, I may help him to put out his fire...I don’t say to him before that operation, ‘Neighbor, my garden hose cost me $15; you have to pay me $15 for it’.... I don’t want $15 — I want my garden hose back after the fire is over.”