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From the Morgenthau Diaries: Years of War 1941-1945

John Morton Blum

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Description:This is the climactic volume in one of the most important series of books to grow out of the administration of Franklin Roosevelt. Volume II of From the Morgenthau Diaries ended with Pearl Harbor. the present volume opens as Henry Morgenthau, Jr., returns to the Treasury at eleven o'clock at night on December 7, 1941, after the most momentous Cabinet meeting of the twentieth century.For seven years the Secretary of the Treasury had labored ceaselessly to bring the country out of the slough of the Great Depression; for two years he had been a strong force in making America the Arsenal of Democracy; now he was to devote himself totally to the four-year struggle for survival and victory and the plans for a better world after that victory should be achieved.Here is the almost day-by-day account of how the financial forces of the country were organized for an unprecedented expenditure not only to maintain ten million fighting men; to procure weapons for them; to transport them across great seas; to build and support battle fleets greater than had ever been seen, but also to equip, to a large extent, the fighting forces of our allies; to stabilize their economies; to country the enemy's economic warfare, and when all this was finished, to leave a world in which it would be economically and politically possible to build peace.Just as he had in prewar days, Mr. Morgenthau conceived his role in the widest terms, not hesitating to utilize economic policy to influence political and military policy. And, as in earlier years, the Secretary's intimacy with the President, who had learned to trust him, enhanced his power far beyond that usually wielded by the government's chief financial officer.Diplomatic when need by, Mr. Morgenthau nevertheless forthrightly opposed policies of his colleagues and our allies when those policies seemed to him to endanger the waging of war and the establishment of the bases for a sound peace. Mr. Blum traces in detail the sources and development of what came to be called the Morgenthau Plan for a defeated Germany and shows that its author was encouraged by many in very high places until the results seemed no longer visible, and then manfully took upon himself the onus he could well have shifted.In reading these brilliant volumes, one sees emerge a grand portrait of a man courageous, devoted and ingenious in pursuing his high aims. Franklin Roosevelt never had a more loyal friend or devoted lieutenant. Without Morgenthau's service, a great presidency would have been far less successful.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From the Morgenthau Diaries: Years of War 1941-1945. To get started finding From the Morgenthau Diaries: Years of War 1941-1945, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 526

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

Release: 1967

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Description: This is the climactic volume in one of the most important series of books to grow out of the administration of Franklin Roosevelt. Volume II of From the Morgenthau Diaries ended with Pearl Harbor. the present volume opens as Henry Morgenthau, Jr., returns to the Treasury at eleven o'clock at night on December 7, 1941, after the most momentous Cabinet meeting of the twentieth century.For seven years the Secretary of the Treasury had labored ceaselessly to bring the country out of the slough of the Great Depression; for two years he had been a strong force in making America the Arsenal of Democracy; now he was to devote himself totally to the four-year struggle for survival and victory and the plans for a better world after that victory should be achieved.Here is the almost day-by-day account of how the financial forces of the country were organized for an unprecedented expenditure not only to maintain ten million fighting men; to procure weapons for them; to transport them across great seas; to build and support battle fleets greater than had ever been seen, but also to equip, to a large extent, the fighting forces of our allies; to stabilize their economies; to country the enemy's economic warfare, and when all this was finished, to leave a world in which it would be economically and politically possible to build peace.Just as he had in prewar days, Mr. Morgenthau conceived his role in the widest terms, not hesitating to utilize economic policy to influence political and military policy. And, as in earlier years, the Secretary's intimacy with the President, who had learned to trust him, enhanced his power far beyond that usually wielded by the government's chief financial officer.Diplomatic when need by, Mr. Morgenthau nevertheless forthrightly opposed policies of his colleagues and our allies when those policies seemed to him to endanger the waging of war and the establishment of the bases for a sound peace. Mr. Blum traces in detail the sources and development of what came to be called the Morgenthau Plan for a defeated Germany and shows that its author was encouraged by many in very high places until the results seemed no longer visible, and then manfully took upon himself the onus he could well have shifted.In reading these brilliant volumes, one sees emerge a grand portrait of a man courageous, devoted and ingenious in pursuing his high aims. Franklin Roosevelt never had a more loyal friend or devoted lieutenant. Without Morgenthau's service, a great presidency would have been far less successful.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From the Morgenthau Diaries: Years of War 1941-1945. To get started finding From the Morgenthau Diaries: Years of War 1941-1945, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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