HIST 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mein Kampf, Monroe Doctrine, Military Surplus
Document Summary
"beer hall" putsch: mein kampf, the book that he rights, chancellor, aryan race, kristallnacht- november 9, 1938, 100 jews killed 30,000 are arrested, reclaiming lost territory. Island in a totalitarian sea: american first, fdr build up army. Isolationism and monroe doctrine: proxy war- spanish civil war, nationalists vs. republicans, neutrality acts, nazi-soviet pact, poland, bypassing neutrality, military surplus, 50 destroyers for leasing naval yards on canada, election 1940, means short of war. "cash and carry" non military items: lend-lease, bypass neutrality act, autarkies. Turning the tide: coral sea and midway, battle of coral sea, us time to regroup, chester a. nimitz- us pacific commander, new type of battle. Lexington and yorktown: combatants never saw one another, draw. Gone with the draft: 10 million men, military basses in the south and west, disrupted the social order. Segregation: benjamin o. davis, brigadier general, enlistment of african americans.
