Roosevelt & Hitler: Prelude To War

by Robert Edwin Herzstein

Documents the scope and success of pro-Nazi groups in the U.S. and their links to the Nazi government. Over 50 photographs of leading political figures, pro-German rallies in America and reproductions of shocking German propaganda posters published in the U.S. are also included. Offers a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a statesman and savvy politician who was more aggressively opposed to Hitler than previously thought.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

521 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1989

About the author

Robert Herzstein was a historian who taught at the University of South Carolina. A graduate of New York University, in 1986 he helped to uncover Austrian politician and former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldhem's past association with the Nazi Party.

Reviews

[Tommy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Opens with some meta-discussion of German-American perceptions of each other and becomes largely a noncritical appraisal of how FDR secured Henry Luce's "American Century" (i.e. some pretty deceptive politics for "the greater good").