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A story of America First : the men and women who opposed U.S.intervention in World War II

The America First Committee, founded in September 1940 to keep the United States out of what became the Second World War, was the largest antiwar organization in American history. An introduction by Bill Kauffman assesses the place of Ruth Sarles and America First in American history.Ruth Sarles was at the center of the storm.
Print Book, English, 2003
Praeger, Westport, Conn., 2003
History
lxii, 238 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780275975128, 0275975126
48544186
Why America First?
Laying the foundations
America First under fire
What the polls said
Colonel Lindbergh and America First
The antiwar bloc in the war Congress
On the record : "What we said"
Closing the books
Appendix A: Who were the America Firsters? / Bill Kauffman
Appendix B: An interview with Robert Douglas Stuart, Jr
Appendix C: Speakers and national committee members of America First