- Title Pages
- Dedication
- The Century Foundation
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Origins -
3 Zionist Attorney -
4 Lawyer and Investor -
5 Newcomer to Washington -
6 Into the Maelstrom -
7 The Public Utility Holding Company Act -
8 At the Center of Power -
9 The Court-Packing Plan -
10 Domestic Politics, 1937–1938 -
11 Waiting for the War -
12 Destroyers for Bases -
13 London -
14 World War II -
15 Diplomat -
16 Elder Statesman -
17 Benjamin V. Cohen - Abbreviations in Notes
- Index
Destroyers for Bases
Destroyers for Bases
- Chapter:
- (p.216) 12 Destroyers for Bases
- Source:
- Benjamin V. Cohen
- Author(s):
William Lasser
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
This chapter focuses on the worsening crisis in Europe in 1940. The discussions include Roosevelt's foreign policy, given the American public's refusal to become involved in the war; German advances in Europe; Churchill's plea to Roosevelt for aid, including the supply of destroyers; and Cohen's contribution to the destroyers-for-bases program.
Keywords: Benjamin V. Cohen, Europe, Roosevelt, foreign policy, destroyers, Churchill
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- The Century Foundation
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Origins -
3 Zionist Attorney -
4 Lawyer and Investor -
5 Newcomer to Washington -
6 Into the Maelstrom -
7 The Public Utility Holding Company Act -
8 At the Center of Power -
9 The Court-Packing Plan -
10 Domestic Politics, 1937–1938 -
11 Waiting for the War -
12 Destroyers for Bases -
13 London -
14 World War II -
15 Diplomat -
16 Elder Statesman -
17 Benjamin V. Cohen - Abbreviations in Notes
- Index