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Back Door to War: The Roosevelt Foreign Policy 1933-1941 Paperback – March 12, 2013

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Study of how FDR helped cause WWII.
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  1. Print length
    712 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    lulu.com
  4. Publication date
    March 12, 2013
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1.78 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1300831235
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1300831235
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ lulu.com (March 12, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 712 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1300831235
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1300831235
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.56 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.78 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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  • Gail S
    5.0 out of 5 stars Back Door to War
    Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2014
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    This was purchased as a gift for my husband. He loves it and while reading it keeps my updated on what he has discovered that he never learned in school about our entrance into WWII. He is fascinated - and somewhat startled. If you like history and information on WWII I strongly recommend this book.
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  • David B. Lowry
    5.0 out of 5 stars Facts and Opinions
    Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2013
    This book was published in 1952 based upon information then available. There are many facts about the background to WW2 in Europe and the Pacific that we were not exposed to in school. In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt gave Japan a green light re Manchuria. After spending time, money, effort, and Japanese lives to build a Japanese home away from home in Manchuria, later American administrations saw things differently. The Soviets for their part moved into Outer Mongolia - something that may be omitted from school textbooks - and the Japanese saw themselvess are preventing a Soviet/Red Chinese conquest of China. Bear in mind that Colonial powers do not usually act very well toward the conquered.

    Among the reviews for Day of Deceit, is one by someone that reports that his grandfather was in the Dutch Indonesian army, who reports that Dutch and British Naval intelligence were surprised by our being caught by surprise at Pearl Harbor, as they had been telling their American counterparts that a Japanese Naval Task Force was steaming toward Hawaii. Do you suppose that with the Freedon of Information Act we could find out who received and saw these warnings? The author of this book did not have this information. But a lot more is available today.

    This book can be read for free online at the U of Pa. site.
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  • The Swan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Really Excellent!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2008
    Charles Tansill's book on the Roosevelt Foreign Policy between 1933 and 1941 is really excellent. Author Tansill demonstrates quite convincingly his central theme: that FDR sought to include the United States in the Second World War on the side of the Soviet Union from the very beginning, and duped the Japanese into firing the first shot as a "back door" to war.

    As the other reviewers have averred, these are facts not covered in most high school, or even university level history courses. And yet, facts they are. Tansill proves his premise by the usage of extensive primary material from US State Department files, current periodicals, and sound reasoning. His writing is economical, and compelling. Though a very long book of well over six hundred pages, Tansill make the long journey both enjoyable, and well worth the effort.

    This is a very important, excellently crafted, and thoroughly enjoyable history. We strongly recommend it to all who would know justice and love mercy, while yet there is time.
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  • Brad Albaugh
    5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling and convincing
    Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2000
    As the other reviewer has mentioned this book tries to show that the US not only knew of the impending attack by the Japanese but also pushed them in the direction leading up to the attack. Although the statement in the other reviewers comments about FDR planning the attack can be misleading it does seem that he had intimate knowledge of the attack and he desperately wanted to join WWII. The author does not debate the fact that the US's entrance into the war was critical, but that the only way the US could be convinced to join the conflict (due to its isolationism). In order to be compelled to fight the US needed to be attacked in a merciless manner. Hence his argument that the Japanese move in that direction. He also points out many facts around the attack that are convincing as well.
    This is an excellent read.
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  • Fred Klausner
    5.0 out of 5 stars Who wanted WW2
    Reviewed in Canada on May 5, 2024
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    I used this book in my research as to who, what, where, when and why ww1 and ww2 were started. The book confirmed the fact that FDR while lying to the American people, pushed for war. I quote the former PM of Britain Neville Chamberlain who said to Ambassador Joseph Kennedy It was the Americans and the world Jewry which forced us to war”.
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