Description
Book SynopsisThe 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
Table of ContentsPreface 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
