Those Angry Days Summary

As tension rose in Europe in the fall of 1939, across the Atlantic Ocean, America had its own surmounting problems. Author Lynne Olson chronicles the flight between isolationism and joining the burgeoning war to help Britain, France, and the rest of the Allied powers against Hitler and Nazi Germany. The book pins the trials of the likes of President Franklin Roosevelt and interventionists alike as well as isolationists including, America’s once thought of hero, Charles Lindbergh. “Those Angry Days,” focuses its attentions to the political pressures and sets out to highlight the battles facing America that began to rise between the two groups as the result of Hitler’s reign of terror. Battles such as, entering the war or remaining neutral while Europe was in a state of devastation mentioning political anecdotes and introducing many skipped over figures. For instance, people like …show more content…
The author does a wonderful job creating a deeper investigation of the build to US entry of the war interjecting thoughts and opinions of many political figures with very little personal opinion making it more about that moment in time and less about her personal thoughts of the events. She included anecdotes from all sides focusing on those closest to America like the British Churchill and their ambassador Lord Lothian as well as the french aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery who came to New York to persuade the US to aid interventionists. Olson somehow makes the littlest details seem interesting while giving them substance contributing to the bigger picture. Overall, Lynne Olson created a well diverse depiction of a trying time in America engaging the reader with a behind the scene take giving time and attention to the many people, facts, and ideas that often fall to the