By Jonathan Marshall
Unusual in its vast use of formerly missed records and reviews, this paintings files the dilemmas of the Roosevelt management: it at the start was hoping to prevent clash with Japan and, after many diplomatic overtures, it got here to determine struggle as inevitable. Marshall additionally explores the ways in which foreign conflicts frequently stem from rivalries over land, meals, power, and undefined. His insights into "resource war," the contest for crucial commodities, will shed new gentle on U.S. involvement in different conflicts—notably in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf.
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