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When Franklin Roosevelt Asked Joe Kennedy to Drop His Pants


fdrSeventy-five years after the American isolationists was defeated by Franklin Roosevelt, their ideas are being quietly and carefully promoted again by libertarian Republicans like Rand Paul. In this extract from his new book, The Sphinx: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists and the Road to World War II, Nicholas Wapshott explains the dilemma the president faced as theā€¦

Posted: November 10th, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: History | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment »

One Comment on “When Franklin Roosevelt Asked Joe Kennedy to Drop His Pants”

  1. Jim Granelli said at 2:32 pm on November 11th, 2014:

    Interesting how they fit Joe Kennedy into the recently concluded series, Boardwalk Empire.