Having been born an entire generation after the end of WWII, I do have to keep reminding myself -more so since 2016 of course- that the US' commitment to liberal values isn't really structural and unwavering, even if you only look at the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Alan Allport
Much talk of FDR, Churchill, Lend-Lease, 1940 and so on at the moment.
It is probably important to remind ourselves that the Roosevelt administration flirted with the idea of abandoning Britain in the early years of the Second World War and might have done had events worked out differently. 🧵
It is probably important to remind ourselves that the Roosevelt administration flirted with the idea of abandoning Britain in the early years of the Second World War and might have done had events worked out differently. 🧵
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