Fateful Choices Quotes

“Ironically, when that terrible war was finally over, Japan found herself more dependent economically upon the United States than had been foreseeable before the conflict, deprived of any great-power status, shorn of all military capability, but, over time, enjoying a prosperity unimaginable to the citizens of the country in the troubled and turbulent interwar era.”
― Ian Kershaw, Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World 1940-1941

“Soviet ‘shopping-list’ was put before the Cabinet on 18 July it turned out to be enormous. Included were requests for 6,000 planes, 20,000 anti-aircraft guns and industrial plant and equipment to the value of around $50 million.”
― Ian Kershaw, Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World 1940-1941

“For the isolationists, the campaign against the bill amounted to a last hurrah. The America First Committee launched a massive campaign of opposition. The young John F. Kennedy was one of those who contributed to its funds.”
― Ian Kershaw, Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World 1940-1941

“Behind a wall of protective tariffs, and an economic boom symbolized by the explosion of automobile production, most Americans were content to ignore the outer world and keep Europe from their minds.”
― Ian Kershaw, Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World 1940-1941

“In each case the individuals made history-although,to adapt the thought of Karl Marx,not under circumstances of their choosing”
― Ian Kershaw, Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941