Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2905136 in Books
• Published on: 1970-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

Not what you might think
When I saw this book, entitled in the edition I read The Hawks of World War II, I thought it might be about congressional figures. It is not. It deals with the group, the Fight for Freedom Committe, which beginning about June 1940 called for a declaration of war against Hitler. While I know I was young during that time, I do not remember hearing about this group, altho I well remember William Allen White's group devoted to urging support for Britain as a way of defending the US. The group which this book considers was a more radical group, since they advocated war be declared. The group did valuable work in regard to the exchange of 50 destroyers for bases, and played an important role in preparing public opinion to accept that procedure. It also made FDR's actions seem more modest and more acceptable to the bulk of the American people. The Japanese and Hitler by their acts in December 1941 did the greatest job however in uniting the American people--and the organization which this book tells of became unnecessary.