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