The United States, 1941-1945. The Federalist Papers. Nal Penguin Inc., New York. American Diplomacy during the Second World War 1941-1945. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
History is so alive and growing that it is hard to see how anyone can think of it as dead and dry.
It is, in reality, little more than a study of the present in terms of the past. Those who condemn history as a mere rattling of ancient skeletons only betray their unfamiliarity with the subject. At least for a democracy, history is the most practical of subjects. The Challenge of Leadership v. Isolationism. This dicotomy permeates all areas of United States History from its beginnings to the present day.