American Opinion and the Russian Alliance, 1939-1945

290 Pages·1976·9.21 MB·English

by  Ralph B. Levering

American Opinion
and the Russian Alliance,
1939-1945

Am erican O pinion
and the
Russian A lliance,
1939-1945
B y Ralph B . Levering
The University of North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill
Copyright ® 1976 by
The University of North Carolina Press
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
ISBN 0-8078-1260-9
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 76-1996
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Levering, Ralph B
American opinion and the Russian alliance, 1939-1945.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. United States—Foreign relations—Russia.
"2. Russia—Foreign relations—United States.
3. Russia—Foreign opinion, American. I. Title.
v -E183.8.R9L47 327.73*047 76-1996
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Preface I xiii
1. Introduction: O f Matter and Method I 3
2. Friend of Fascism, 1939-1941 I 15
3. Is Russia Our Ally? I 39
4. Where Is the Second Front? I 63
5. American Goodwill at High Tide I 91
6. Russia in the Postwar World I 146
7. Ominous Drift: The Election of 1944,
Yalta, and Beyond I 169
8. Conclusion: From Partnership to Cold War I 200
Notes I 211
Bibliography I 233
Index I 255

Illustrations
Between pages 62 and 63
Cover of Time, 1 January 1940
Cover of Newsweek, 6 October 1941
Cover of Newsweek, 22 June 1942
Cover of Time, 14 December 1942
Cover of Time, 21 December 1942
Cover of Time, 4 January 1943
Cover of Life, 29 March 1943
Cover of Time, 5 February 1945
Between pages 110 and 111
Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Carter; and Mme. Litvinojf
Crowd at Second-Front Rally
Molotov, Barnes, Stalin} Pavlov, Willkie, and Coates
Davies, Litvinoffy and Wallace
President Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, and Mrs. Hull
Johnston and Dewey
President Roosevelt addresses Congress
American troops and Soviet soldiers