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Kimball, Warren F.

The Most Unsordid Act : Lend-Lease, 1939-1941 / [by] Warren F. Kimball. - 1 online resource (294 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

The crisis develops: September 1939-November 1940. "A terrible, stultifying vacuum" ; "God, love and Anglo-American relations": the French crisis ; Of garden hoses and other stories: summer and fall 1940 -- The crisis faced and solved: November 1940-March1941. "Money-above all, ready money" ; The "shoot the works" bill: lend-lease, inception to proposal ; "God save America from a king named George"-or Franklin: the Congressional debate ; "From something like disaster": the passage of the Lend-Lease Act ; "Like hitting wads of cotton wool": conclusions.

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ISBN: 9781421430713

Subjects--Personal Names:
Stimson, Henry Lewis.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Morgenthau, Henry.
Hull, Cordell.
Churchill, Winston.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Aussenpolitik
Weltkrieg
Politics and government
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
Operations du prêt-bail (1941-1945)
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
USA--Leih- und Pachtgesetz.
USA.
Grossbritannien
United States.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1933-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.