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| The Debate Behind U.S. Intervention in World War II 73 years ago, President Roosevelt was mulling a third term,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and Charles Lindbergh was praising German air strength. A new book looks at the dramatic months leading up to the election of 1940. Susan Dunn Jul 8 2013, 9:56 AM ET Tweet More Email Print Left: President Roosevelt signs the declaration of war against Germany; right: Charles Lindbergh in the famous photo from Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, 1923 (Library of Congress) "DEAR FRISKY," President Roosevelt wrote in May 1940 to Roger Merriman, his history professor at Harvard and the master of Eliot House. "I like your word 'shrimps.' There are too many of them in all the Colleges and Universities -- male and female. I think the best thing for the moment is to call them shrimps publicly and privately. Most of them will eventually get in line if things should become worse." To designate young isolationists, who deluded themselves into believing that America could remain aloof, secure, |
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