{"id":2119,"date":"2013-03-26T20:27:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T03:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2013-03-26T21:21:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T04:21:43","slug":"those-angry-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/2013\/03\/26\/those-angry-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Book: Those Angry Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"those_angry_days\"<\/a>Here’s a most fascinating new book by journalist Lynne Olson<\/a>. As I have outlined in my previous post about Charles Lindbergh<\/a>, America’s entry into World War II was by no means a given, nor was it popular among average Americans before the Pearl Harbor attack.<\/p>\n

Olson’s book goes into great detail describing the political division between the non-interventionist faction (of which Charles Lindbergh was a major proponent and figurehead) and those who wanted to support Britain — if not with an all-out war against Nazi-Germany, at least with arms shipments.<\/p>\n

Olson shines a light on many little known facts, for instance, a huge clandestine British operation to infiltrate US media, spy and discredit leading non-interventionist Americans, spread propaganda materials and even disseminate forged documents designed to draw America into the war. Roosevelt not only knew about these activities, but he also issued a loose directive to the FBI to conduct massive surveillance on non-interventionists from the popular “America First” movement.<\/p>\n

Terry Gross (All Things Considered) recorded this fine radio interview with the author<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those Angry Days<\/strong>
\nRoosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight over World War II, 1939-1941<\/strong><\/em>
\nby Lynne Olson
\nRandom House, Hardcover, 576 pages; List Price $18.
\nISBN-13: 978-1400069743<\/p>\n

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