The America First Committee, which opposed U.S. entry into World War II, is universally despised today. Bill Kauffman and I use the AFC as a springboard to discuss nonintervention in general and a whole lot more.
About the Guest
Bill Kauffman wrote the screenplay for the 2013 Ron Maxwell film Copperhead and is the author of numerous books.
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Book Discussed
America First! Its History, Culture, and Politics
Some Other Books by the Guest
Poetry Night at the Ballpark, and Other Scenes from an Alternative America
Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet: The Life of Luther Martin
Ain’t My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle American Anti-Imperialism
Guest’s Website
Guest’s Blog
Guest’s Archive
Related Episode
Ep. 152 Pat Buchanan on Winston Churchill (Pat Buchanan)
Previous Appearances
Ep. 425 Beyond Red States and Blue States: The Real America vs. the Televised America
Ep. 149 The Unfashionable Dissenter: Copperhead, the Movie
Ep. 102 Empire Corrupts
Listener Website Mentioned
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