A Shadow Over the World

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Rise of Fascism, and the Making of America’s World War II
From New York Times bestselling author William I. Hitchcock, a riveting revisionist portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the lead-up to World War II, tracing hisand Americasawakening to the threat of fascism.
From New York Times bestselling author William I. Hitchcock, a riveting, revelatory portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the lead-up to World War II, tracing hisand Americasawakening to the threat of fascism.

How did FDR and the American public respond to the rise of dictators across Europe and Asia on the eve of World War II? The familiar narrative is that they reacted with indifference and embraced isolationism. Only with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were Americans reluctantly drawn into the global conflict. But distinguished historian William I. Hitchcock reveals a far more complex and surprisin