Lynne Olson - Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and Americas Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941

I n all my books, Ive worked hard to bring to life the people and historical periods I write about. Obviously, to do that, an author has to find good resource material, and in researching Those Angry Days, I was fortunate enough to turn up a real wealth of information. Contemporary newspaper and magazine accounts were invaluable in yielding colorful, revealing details about the countrys mood in the two tumultuous years before Americas entry into World War II. Even more important was the information, often surprising and provocative, gleaned from the letters, journals, diaries, and other personal papers of the books major and minor characters.

My deep appreciation goes to the librarians and archivists who were so helpful to me in my search. They are the true preservers of history, and their enthusiastic, selfless work is nothing short of heroic. Chief among them are Bob Clark, the head archivist at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, and his staff, who are simply the best at what they do. I also owe a great debt of gratitude to the staff of the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, as well as to the archivists at the Hoover Institution, Harvards Houghton and Baker Libraries, and Smith Colleges Sophia Smith Collection. Special thanks, too, to Dr. Edward Scott and Dr. Mary Elizabeth Ruwell for granting me access to the Air Force Academy archives, and to Dr. Russell Flinchum, archivist at the Century Association Archives Foundation, for his generous sharing of materials about the Century Group.

A word of thanks as well to the writers and scholars whose groundbreaking work assisted me immeasurably in writing this book. Id like to single out A. Scott Berg, whose magisterial biography of Charles Lindbergh is an essential resource for anyone writing about Lindbergh; Dr. J. Garry Clifford, for his impressive scholarship on Grenville Clark and the peacetime draft; Dr. Wayne S. Cole, unquestionably the premier authority on Americas prewar isolationist movement; and Richard Ketchum, whose history/memoir of the years 19381941 was an invaluable font of information.

Thanks, too, to Elizabeth M. Pendleton, Rachel Cox, Fisher Howe, Margaret Shannon, Dr. Raymond Callahan, and Roger Cirillo.

I am also grateful to everyone at Random House, particularly my superb editor, Susanna Porter, for their unflagging support and guidance and for creating such a welcoming, collegial environment for authors. Gail Ross, my agent for almost twenty years, has been outstanding as always in her advice, representation, and friendship.

Above all, my deep love and thanks to Carly, my daughter and nonpareil adviser on social media, and to my husband, Stan Cloud, whose editing of Those Angry Days helped make it a better book and whose partnership with me, both professional and personal, has been the greatest joy of my life.

By Lynne, Olson

T HOSE A NGRY D AYS: R OOSEVELT , L INDBERGH, AND A MERICA S F IGHT O VER W ORLD W AR II, 19391941

C ITIZENS OF L ONDON: T HE A MERICANS W HO S TOOD WITH B RITAIN IN I TS D ARKEST , F INEST H OUR

T ROUBLESOME Y OUNG M EN: T HE R EBELS W HO B ROUGHT C HURCHILL TO P OWER AND H ELPED S AVE E NGLAND

A Q UESTION OF H ONOR: T HE K OSCIUSZKO S QUADRON: F ORGOTTEN H EROES OF W ORLD W AR II ( WITH S TANLEY C LOUD )

F REEDOM S D AUGHTERS: T HE U NSUNG H EROINES OF THE C IVIL R IGHTS M OVEMENT FROM 1830 TO 1970

T HE M URROW B OYS: P IONEERS ON THE F RONT L INES OF B ROADCAST J OURNALISM ( WITH S TANLEY C LOUD )

L YNNE O LSON is the author of Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour; Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England; and Freedoms Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970, and co-author of two other books. She lives with her husband in Washington, D.C.

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ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library

Adolf A. Berle Papers

Francis Biddle Papers

Ernest Cuneo Papers

Stephen T. Early Papers

Harry Hopkins Papers

Franklin D. Roosevelt Papers

Whitney Shepardson Papers

Henry L. Stimson Diaries (microfilm)

Library of Congress

John Balderston Papers

Harold L. Ickes Papers

William Allen White Papers

Hoover Institution, Stanford University

America First Committee Papers

Truman Smith Papers

Albert Wedemeyer Papers

Oral History Collection, Columbia University

William Benton

Samuel Rosenman

James Wadsworth

Houghton Library, Harvard University

William Castle Papers

Robert E. Sherwood Papers

Baker Library, Harvard University Business School

Thomas Lamont Papers

Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Anne Morrow Lindbergh Papers

Charles Lindbergh Papers

Elizabeth C. Morrow Papers

Air Force Academy

Murray Green Papers

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