Posted: April 28th, 2020

His 204 week 3 dq 2

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Ashford 4: – Week 3 – Discussion 2

The End of Isolation

  

 Background: In 1938, in Munich, the British Prime Minister Neville   Chamberlain made a deal with Adolph Hitler allowing Nazi Germany to annex   Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. Hailed as a hero for his diplomacy at the time,   Chamberlain is now widely reviled for his policy of “appeasement” to Nazi   aggression. Yet one year later, Chamberlain led Britain into war against   Germany in defense of Poland once it became clear that appeasement had failed.   By contrast, the US did little to halt Hitler’s initial expansion, and   entered into the war only gradually, attempting, until attacked directly, to   sway the outcome without going to war itself. Never again would the US remain   so aloof for so long from such a momentous international affair. As such, the   Second World War represents a turning point in American foreign affairs, and   it is perhaps hard for us to understand why the US took so long to take   effective action against the Axis Powers.
 

Resources: In your response, draw from material from AT LEAST TWO of   the following documents and videos:

1. Hogan, H. (Writer).        (2003). World War II: The        road to war. [Television series        episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th        Century. New York, NY: Films for the Humanities & Sciences.        Retrieved from        http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=36220&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref= 
2. Hogan, H. (Writer).        (2003).  World War II: The        world at war. [Television series        episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th        Century. New York, NY: Films for the Humanities & Sciences.        Retrieved from        http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=36221&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref= 
3. Lindbergh, C. (1941, Sept.        11).  Des Moines speech. Retrieved from        http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/filmmore/reference/primary/desmoinesspeech.html
4. United States Congress.        (1936, Feb. 24). The Nye report. Retrieved from        https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/nye.htm 
5. Roosevelt, F. D. (1939, Sept.        3). Address of the President delivered by radio        from the White House.Retrieved        from http://www.mhric.org/fdr/chat14.html  
6. United States Congress.        (1936, Feb. 24).  Neutrality act.Retrieved from        https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/interwar/neutrality2.htm  
7. United States Congress.        (1941). Lend-lease act.  Retrieved from        http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=71&page=transcript

Instructions:   After reviewing your Instructor’s Guidance and completing the weekly reading   assignments (including those in the resource section above), please post a   substantive discussion post of at least 200 words that examines the evolution   of American foreign policy in the 1930s:What arguments were made in favor of   isolationism? How and why did America’s isolationist stance erode entering   into the 1940s? How did American foreign policy goals shape the American   approach to the war?
 

  Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims   with examples from the required material(s) and properly cite any references.   You may use additional scholarly sources to support your points if you   choose. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7 in at   least 100 words. When responding to classmates, you should refer to the   material from one of the sources which you did not reference in your initial   post. 

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