From Isolation to War

The 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.<br /> <ul> <li>Features new material on the Washington Conference of 1921-22, early American diplomacy in the Manchurian crisis, the <i>Panay</i> incident, Russia’s invasion of Finland, the destroyer-bases deal, and much more</li> <li>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</li> <li>Includes concise biographical sketches of major world leaders, including Hoover, FDR, Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Tojo</li> <li>Outlines and examines the debates of historians over the wisdom of U.S. policies</li> </ul>