America’s Second Crusade

by William Henry Chamberlin

In this work William Henry Chamberlin offers his perspective as a seasoned journalist on the United States’ involvement in World War II. Written only five years after the unconditional surrenders of Germany and Japan, the book is a window into its time.

William Henry Chamberlin (1897–1969) was an American journalist best known for his writings on the Cold War, Communism, and U.S. foreign policy.

Genres: History, World War II, American, American History

400 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2008

About the author

William Henry Chamberlin (February 17, 1897 – September 12, 1969) was an American historian and journalist. He was the author of several books about the Cold War, communism and US foreign policy, including The Russian Revolution 1917-1921 (1935), which was written in Russia between 1922 and 1934 while he was the Moscow correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.

He had communist sympathies until he lived in the Soviet Union. Then, he gradually turned anticommunist. He predicted that intervention in World War II would help communism in Europe in Asia and so was a non-interventionist.

Reviews

[John Geddes]

"The best book for the general reader on the entry of the United States into the second world war. Treats the historical background after 1919, and is especially full on the disastrous results of American entry into the war."

IHR Revisionist Bibliography 1981
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"Chamberlin, who for many years was stationed in Moscow as the correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor, combines a superlative knowledge of world affairs with the principled convictions of a true educator. His book on the futile struggle of a naive West against a bold and purposeful Communist East is, among other things, a devastating history of the follies and betrayals that have mortgaged American destiny under the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations. The author’s authority is unchallenged and indeed unquestionable. Though he is, and has been for decades, an outstanding newspaperman and columnist, he is never interested in the “sensational” exposé. He writes with the simplicity of a true craftsman."

American Opinion, Volume 2, No. 1 January 1959, p.11
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[Craig Bolton]

Americas Second Crusade by William Henry Chamberlin (1962)