CHAMBERLIN, WILLIAM HENRY — America's Second Crusade

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. "Was WWII a failure? William Chamberlin dares think it. The opponents of entry argued that even if totalitarianism was beaten in Europe, the war would bring socialism to the United States. Chamberlin argued that they were not only correct about this but there was also the bitter irony that totalitarianism was not in fact beaten in Europe. He sums this up in a quotation from a friend in Paris: 'You know, Hitler really won this war - in the person of Stalin.' If you have ever been curious about the postwar attitude of those who opposed Roosevelt's march to war, this is your book. He makes a very strong case- and a courageous one given the times." - Mises Institute website. "William Henry Chamberlin (1897 – 1969) was an American historian and journalist. He was the author of several books about the Cold War, communism, and foreign policy, including The Russian Revolution 1917-1921 (1935), which was written in Russia between 1922 and 1934 while he was the Moscow correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. He had communist views until he lived in the Soviet Union, when he gradually turned anticommunist. He predicted that intervention in World War II would help communism in Europe and in Asia, which led him to be a non-interventionist." - Wikipedia. viii, 372 pp. Bibliography and index. Former library copy with usual markings and somewhat above-average wear to original dark teal cloth. Binding intact. No dust jacket. A sound reading copy of this fascinating work. ; 8vo. Fair with no dust jacket .