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Canada and the United States

Mary E. Glantz. FDR and the Soviet Union: The President's Battles over Foreign Policy. (Modern War Studies.) Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 2005. Pp. viii, 253. $34.95.

The thesis of this book is that from the very beginning of his administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's conciliatory policy toward the Soviet Union was hampered by conservative Foreign Service members and others in Washington and at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. This opposition became increasingly bothersome after Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June of 1941. Almost alone, Roosevelt thought that the Soviets could hold out against the Nazi onslaught, and he tried to encourage them by extending Lend Lease aid with no strings attached. Similarly, because he believed that Soviet cooperation would be necessary to maintain a lasting peace, he was much more indulgent toward Joseph Stalin during the war than many of his subordinates thought wise. Roosevelt sought to overcome this opposition by shuffling some individuals and by appointing personal representatives who leapfrogged the professionals. Ironically, some of these individuals also came to believe that the "soft" approach only encouraged the Soviets to step up their demands.

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