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America First with H.W. Brands

America First with H.W. Brands

What role should the US play in international conflicts? Pulitzer prize finalist and historian H.W. Brands joins Sharon McMahon to discuss his latest book, “America First.” They dig into the America First movement inside the United States during the 1930s and early 40s. As World War II was raging, President Franklin Roosevelt was looking to gin up support for the US to help its allies fight the war. But celebrity aviator Charles Lindbergh and the America First Committee were standing in his way. Brands explains why Lindbergh’s anti-intervention message was so appealing to Americans at the time, and how that message compares to the America First movement that is playing out today.

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  • Host: Sharon McMahon
  • Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks
  • Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
  • Audio Producer: Craig Thompson

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H.W. Brands

H. W. Brands holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class. His latest book is AMERICA FIRST: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War.