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Author:
Robert Higgs
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WWII was the most terrible, most deadly war of all mankind. As early as 1919 WWII was seen as inevitable because of the destructive details of the Versailles Treaty. In 1939, when WWII began, less than ten percent of Americans wanted anything to do with another war. Roosevelt’s objective was simply to retain power. He was no ideologue. The 1940