So leaders had a much Better Direct sense of what the people actually thought. You can see a lot of polling data in this and in flushing out exactly what it was americans thought. I will focus a lot on Public Opinion and then we will talk about policy as a reflection of Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe, my argument is there were two basic positions held almost unanimously by the American People. They wanted britain and france to win the war, to defeat germany, and they did not want the United States to have to fight in that war to make it happen. Over the course of the two plus years of this debate, nothing that happened really change fundamentally, those two points of view. There will be changes in American Opinion, but those two fundamental views remain the same. Even on the eve of pearl harbor, most Americans Still wanted to avoid direct american involvement as a belligerent in world war ii. The great debate moved the American Public in the direction of risking war,
Media. Wofford College Professor teaches about the rise of radio and its impact on whether to enter world war ii. The class uses sound clips showing the role radio played shaping views and policy. All right. So, last week we talked about coming of the war in europe and asia. I want to talk about the great debate over american involvement in world war ii. This is arguably the most important debate on Foreign Policy in all of American History. And Public Opinion probably more than any previous debate mattered here in part for the first time there was a way of gauging Public Opinion. The gallop poll organization had started polling American People. So leaders had a much more direct sense of what the people actually thought. Youre going to see a lot of polling data in this, in fleshing out exactly what it was that americans thought. So im going to focus quite a bit on Public Opinion and well talk about policy as a reflection of that Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe. My arg
[applause] thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us for this book talk. Brick by brick, building hope and opportunity for women survivors everywhere, by karen sherman. What a powerful title, right . Each word of the title has power within its own self, and i think that you will see that illuminated today during the conversation that karen will have with barbara. Im marjorie san, im manager director at ascend at the as spend institute and its my pleasure to step in for my boss, ann mosley, the executive director of asend and also a Vice President at the as spend institute. U fortunately she had family emergency today and is nose able to make it but she was heavily involved in the planning. It was her honor to host the book talk because she has known karen as a very close friend for many, many years and if you know ann, you know that personal and professional relationships and commitments are really important to her. So only an emergency would have kept her from open
Important debate on Foreign Policy in all of American History. And Public Opinion probably more than any previous debate mattered here in part because for the first time there was a way of gauging Public Opinion. The gallup poll organization had begun regularly polling the American People. So leaders had a much more direct sense of what the people actually thought. You are going to see a lot of polling data in this, in fleshing out exactly what it was that americans thought. I am going to focus quite a bit on Public Opinion and then we will talk about actual policy as a result of that Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe, my argument is there were two basic positions held almost unanimously by the American People. They wanted britain and france to win the war, to defeat germany. And they did not want the United States to have to fight in that war to make it happen. Over the course of the twoplus years of this debate, nothing that happened really changed fundamentally those
Showing the role radio played shaping american view and Foreign Policy. All right. So last week we talked about coming to the war in europe and coming to the war in asia, so what id like to talk about today is the american reaction to all of that. Lets call that the american debate over american involvement in world war ii. This is the most important debate in all of american history, and Public Opinion probably more than any previous debate mattered here in part because for the first time it was a way of gauging Public Opinion. The gallop poll organization had begun regularly polling the American People. And so leaders had a much better sense, a much more direct sense what the people actually thought. So youre going to see a lot of polling data in this, in fleshing out exactly what americans thought. So well focus quite a bit on Public Opinion and talk about actual policy as a reflection of that Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe my argument is that there were two basic