Text: The Struggle to Intervene
The text "The Struggle to Intervene", is a short piece that focuses on how Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the congressional members wrestled with the decisions to intervene in conflicts leading up to World War II. The text begins with a detailed excerpt on FDR and friends celebrating New Years at the White House. The following day he begins prepping for the third inauguration and the finalization of the Four Freedoms speech. As the chapter progresses Roosevelt is sworn into his third term, and the readers are emerged into a series of coalition building amongst FDR and the challengers. Similarly, there is a necessary focus in the chapter on how designs to enter the war was beginning to take shape, and lead to policy. …show more content…
However, there was an attempted analysis of what led to America's first interventions into WWII. A person could agree or disagree with the analysis. Yet, if the text is examined most people could be in general agreement with what is being presented as the cause. The author of this chapter provides the reader with an in-depth look into how conflicted the president, nation, and congressional leaders were in regards to America's role in the upcoming war. Likewise, it also presented many unique yet short examples on FDR masterfully using his abilities as a politician. In addition, there were examples that support FDR's role in pushing America to intervene in the ongoing conflict even before Pearl Harbor occurred. For instance, the author details on page 40, Roosevelt enlisted Republican Henry L. Stimson who was an experienced war administrator. Therefore, by appointing Stimson into that position FDR directly brought in leadership from the …show more content…
On page 42, the author briefly describes ethnic isolationists. It would have been extremely relevant to the reader if there was a more rounded discussion on who they were considered isolationist, other than their nationalities. However, the text does provided an interesting view on how the extremists dominated the congressional hearings in relation to war efforts. This allowed FDR the chance to rely less on oratory methods and focus on complex policy decisions. The inactivity of Congress allowed Roosevelt to build a coalition and pass the Lend-Lease Act of 1941, which allowed the United States to provide aid to a foreign nation deemed vital to U.S defense. Moreover, the policy had real world consequences and among the many reasons the U.S became linked to the war excluding Pearl Harbor. In addition, it would have been helpful if the author had included statistical data to advance claims made in the text. Also it would have allowed the reader to visualize data breakdown on coalition formation and votes on the Lend-Lease
The text "The Struggle to Intervene", is a short piece that focuses on how Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the congressional members wrestled with the decisions to intervene in conflicts leading up to World War II. The text begins with a detailed excerpt on FDR and friends celebrating New Years at the White House. The following day he begins prepping for the third inauguration and the finalization of the Four Freedoms speech. As the chapter progresses Roosevelt is sworn into his third term, and the readers are emerged into a series of coalition building amongst FDR and the challengers. Similarly, there is a necessary focus in the chapter on how designs to enter the war was beginning to take shape, and lead to policy. …show more content…
However, there was an attempted analysis of what led to America's first interventions into WWII. A person could agree or disagree with the analysis. Yet, if the text is examined most people could be in general agreement with what is being presented as the cause. The author of this chapter provides the reader with an in-depth look into how conflicted the president, nation, and congressional leaders were in regards to America's role in the upcoming war. Likewise, it also presented many unique yet short examples on FDR masterfully using his abilities as a politician. In addition, there were examples that support FDR's role in pushing America to intervene in the ongoing conflict even before Pearl Harbor occurred. For instance, the author details on page 40, Roosevelt enlisted Republican Henry L. Stimson who was an experienced war administrator. Therefore, by appointing Stimson into that position FDR directly brought in leadership from the …show more content…
On page 42, the author briefly describes ethnic isolationists. It would have been extremely relevant to the reader if there was a more rounded discussion on who they were considered isolationist, other than their nationalities. However, the text does provided an interesting view on how the extremists dominated the congressional hearings in relation to war efforts. This allowed FDR the chance to rely less on oratory methods and focus on complex policy decisions. The inactivity of Congress allowed Roosevelt to build a coalition and pass the Lend-Lease Act of 1941, which allowed the United States to provide aid to a foreign nation deemed vital to U.S defense. Moreover, the policy had real world consequences and among the many reasons the U.S became linked to the war excluding Pearl Harbor. In addition, it would have been helpful if the author had included statistical data to advance claims made in the text. Also it would have allowed the reader to visualize data breakdown on coalition formation and votes on the Lend-Lease