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Leuchtenburg: America's Role In World War II

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In this book Leuchtenburg talks about the role of the United States in World War I, and of the consequences of this war in American politics, economy and society. He also talks of the years between the entrance of the US in this war and the end of postwar prosperity. He also talks of the values of old American rural (old stock) l and the values of people living in cities. It was a time of paradoxes (a statement that seems contradictory): an age of conformity and of liberation, of the persistence of rural values and the triumph of the city, of isolationism( one who opposes the involvement of his or her country in international alliances or agreements) and new international ventures, of laissez faire (the policy or practice of letting people or owners of industry and business act without interference or direction, with minimum governmental regulation or control),but also of government intervention, of competition and of merger (merging two or more companies into one), of despair and of joyous abandon (unrestrained freedom of action or emotions; surrender to one’s impulses). Many of the paradoxes can be explained by the reluctance or unwillingness of the people to accept the changes that were occurring and by their attempt to hold on to the older ways of thought and action at the same …show more content…

In the summer of 1914, war broke out in Europe between the allies-headed by Great Britain,
France, and Russia, etc.-and the Central Powers, led by Germany, Austro-Hungary, etc.). The president of the United States at that time, Woodrow Wilson issued at that time its neutrality

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