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Book SynopsisIn a major revision of this popular text, Dr. Justus Doenecke integrates scholarly research conducted in the 1990s to offer readers a fresh picture of the major events and historiographical controversies in American diplomacy in the decade before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
Trade ReviewPraise for the second edition: "Doenecke has updated Wilz's arguments, added much new information and breathed life into 20-year-old prose; the result is a satsifying synthesis of recent writing on the period and a good read. ... From Isolation to War is a balanced and intelligent book well-suited to students and teachers of American diplomatic history. All readers will delight in the vividness of the authors' writing. ... Those who find most history books dry and lifeless ought to give this one a try." ( The Colgate Scene, November 1991)
Table of ContentsForeword VII Preface XI Acknowledgments, Second Edition XIII Acknowledgments, First Edition XV Chapter One: In Search of Peace 1 Chapter Two: Manchuria 17 Chapter Three: Dictators and Neutrality 47 Chapter Four: Toward War in Europe 82 Chapter Five: Toward War in the Pacific 130 Chapter Six: Day of Infamy 170 Bibliographical Essays 188 Subject Index 215 Author Index 231
