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Encyclopedia - Business Plot: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Plot - Mccormack-dickstein Committee
The events testified in the McCormack-Dickstein Committee happened between July and November 1933. The Committee began examining the Busi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dupont: Encyclopedia Ii - Dupont - Controversies
DuPont - Price fixing. In 1941, an investigation of Standard Oil Co. and IG Farben brought evidence concerning complex price and market...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonus Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Bonus Army - Intervention Of The Military
The marchers were cleared and their camps were destroyed by federal cavalry troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, in a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early Life
Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, at Hyde Park, in the Hudson River valley in upstate New York. His father, James Roosevel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - The Third Term And The Path To War 1941-1945
After the 1938 Congressional elections the Republicans staged their first comeback since 1932. They gained seats in both Houses of Congre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Scholarly Secondary Sources
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign Policy and World War II. Barnes, Harry Elmer. Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: A Critical Examinatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Media
... See also:Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early life, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Marriage and children, Franklin D....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonus Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Bonus Army - Arrival In Washington
The Bonus Army massed at the United States Capitol on June 17 as the U.S. Senate considered the Patman Bonus Bill, which would give World...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coup D'état: Encyclopedia - Coup D'état
A coup d'état (pronounced /ku de'ta/), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a smaller supposedly w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Theory: Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Theory
A conspiracy theory attempts to explain the cause of an event as a secret, and often deceptive, plot by a covert alliance rather than as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Supreme Court Appointments
President Roosevelt appointed nine Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, which, depending on one's point of view, either pu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Legacy
Roosevelt's legacies to the U.S. were a greatly expanded role for government in the management of the economy (effectively ending the day...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Japanese-american Internment
Following the outbreak of the Pacific War, Roosevelt came under immediate pressure to remove or intern the estimated 120,000 people of Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Civil Rights And Refugees
Roosevelt's attitudes to race were also tested by the issue of African-American (or "Negro", to use the term of the time) service in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Strategy And Diplomacy
As Churchill rightly saw, the entry of the U.S. into the war meant that the ultimate victory of the Allied powers was assured. Even thoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Death And Posthumous Reputation
Although Roosevelt was only 63 in 1945, his health had been in decline since at least 1940. The strain of his paralysis and the physical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Legion: Encyclopedia - American Legion
The American Legion is a organization of veterans of the United States armed forces who served in wartime, seen by many to be conservativ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early Life
Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, at Hyde Park, in the Hudson River valley in upstate New York. His father, James Roosevel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign Policy 1933-1941
The rejection of the League of Nations treaty in 1919 marked the dominance of isolationism in American foreign policy. Despite Roosevelt'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Media
... See also:Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early life, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Marriage and children, Franklin D....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - The Fourth Term And His Death 1945
Although Roosevelt was only 62 in 1944, his health had been in decline since at least 1940. The strain of his paralysis and the physical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Legacy
Roosevelt's legacies to the U.S. were a greatly expanded role for government in the management of the economy, increased government regul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - The Second Term 1937-1941
In the 1936 presidential election, Roosevelt campaigned on his New Deal programs against Kansas governor Alfred Landon, who accepted much...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - The First Term And A New Deal 1933-1937
Main articles: Great Depression and New Deal When Roosevelt was inaugurated in March 1933 the U.S. was at the pinnacle of the worst depre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Marriage And Children
Meanwhile he had become engaged to Eleanor, despite the fierce resistance of Sara Delano Roosevelt, who was terrified of losing control o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Political Career
In 1910 Roosevelt ran for the New York State Senate from the district around Hyde Park, which had not elected a Democrat since 1884. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt was less keen to involve the U.S. in the war developing in East Asia, where Japan occupied French Indo-China in late 1940. He a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Governor Of New York 1928-1932
By 1928 Roosevelt believed he had recovered sufficiently to resume his political career. He had been careful to maintain his contacts in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Supreme Court Appointments
President Roosevelt appointed nine Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States. George Washington appointed eleven. By 1941 eight ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Private Crises
Roosevelt was a charismatic, handsome and socially active man, while his wife Eleanor was shy and retiring, and furthermore was almost co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - The Path To War
At the 1938 Congressional elections the Republicans staged their first comeback since 1932, gaining seats in both Houses and reducing Roo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Second New Deal 1935-36
After the 1934 Congressional elections, which gave the Democrats large majorities in both houses, there was a fresh surge of New Deal leg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Governor Of New York: 1928-1932
By 1928 Roosevelt believed he had recovered sufficiently to resume his political career. He had been careful to maintain his contacts in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Election As President
Roosevelt's immense popularity in the largest state in the country made him an obvious candidate for the Democratic nomination, which was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign Policy 1933-41
The rejection of the League of Nations treaty in 1919 marked the dominance of isolationism in American foreign policy. Despite Roosevelt'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - The First New Deal
During the first hundred days of his administration, Roosevelt used his enormous prestige and the sense of impending disaster to force a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - The Second Term
In the 1936 presidential election, Roosevelt campaigned on his New Deal programs against Kansas governor Alfred Landon, who accepted much...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Private Crises
Roosevelt was a charismatic, handsome and socially active man, while his wife Eleanor was shy and retiring, and furthermore was almost co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Scholarly Secondary Sources
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign Policy and World War II. Barnes, Harry Elmer. Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: A Critical Examinatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Political Career
In 1910 Roosevelt ran for the New York State Senate from the district around Hyde Park, which had not elected a Democrat since 1884. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Marriage And Children
Meanwhile he had become engaged to Eleanor, despite the fierce resistance of Sara Delano Roosevelt, who was terrified of losing control o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism And Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism And Ideology - Fascism Nazism Socialism Collectivism And Corporatism
Italian Fascism clearly had roots in socialist circles, and Nazism is an abbreviation for "National Socialist German Workers Party", and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism - Italian Fascism
Fascism - Early history. Main article: Fascio Etymologically, the use of the word Fascism in modern Italian political history stretch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coup D'état: Encyclopedia Ii - Coup D'état - History
Coups have long been part of political tradition. Indeed, Julius Caesar orchestrated a coup and was subsequently the victim of another co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Legion: Encyclopedia Ii - American Legion - 1910s
The first national convention of the American Legion was held from November 10-12, 1919 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... See also:Americ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coup D'état: Encyclopedia Ii - Coup D'état - History
Coups have long been part of political tradition. Indeed, Julius Caesar orchestrated a coup and was subsequently the victim of another co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia Ii - Smedley Butler - Military Career
In spite of his father's insistence that he remain in school, Smedley Butler dropped out when the United States declared war against Spai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Conspiracy Theory - Origins Of Conspiracy Theories
Humans naturally respond to events or situations which have had an emotional impact upon them by trying to make sense of those events, ty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism - Definition
Many diverse regimes have self-identified as fascist, and defining fascism has proved complicated and contentious. Historians, political ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism And Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism And Ideology - Fascism And Police State Regimes
The fascist states from the period between the two world wars were police states as were many post-WWII communist states. Conversely, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism - Anti-communism
Fascism and Communism are political systems that rose to prominence after World War I. Historians of the period between World War I and W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism - Nazism And Fascism
The extent and nature of the affinity between Fascism and Nazism has been the subject of much academic debate. Although the modern consen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia Ii - Smedley Butler - Early Life
Butler was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the oldest in a family of three sons of Thomas Stalker and Maud (Darlington) Butler, both ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism And Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism And Ideology - Fascism And Conservatism
There is some controversy about the ideological impact of the conservative element in fascism. European fascism drew on existing anti-mod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia Ii - Smedley Butler - Military Retirement And Speaking Career
The death of his father removed a restraining influence on the Department. When the post of Commandant of the Marine Corps fell vacant in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism - Fascism And Sexuality
There has also been a revival of interest in recent times, among many academic historians, with regard to the profound cult of masculinit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism - Fascism As An International Phenomenon
It is often a matter of dispute whether a certain government is to be characterized as fascist, authoritarian, totalitarian, or a police ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism - Fascism And Religion
Some expressions of fascism have been closely linked with religious political movements. This combination is referred to as Clerical fasc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Conspiracy Theory - Conspiracy Theories In Fiction
Main article: Conspiracy theories (fictional) Conspiracies are a popular theme in several genres of fiction, notably thrillers and scienc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Conspiracy Theory - Controversies
Aside from controversies over the merits of particular conspiracy claims (see catalog below), and the various differing academic opinions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism And Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism And Ideology - Quotes
Laqueuer (1996): "But historical fascism was always a coalition between radical, populist ('fascist') elements and others gravitating tow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Conspiracy Theory - Overview
The term "conspiracy theory" may be a neutral descriptor for a conspiracy claim. However, conspiracy theory is also used to indicate a na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Legion: Encyclopedia Ii - American Legion - 2000s
On August 30, 2005, Thomas P. Cadmus, National Commander, stated in an address to the Legion's National Convention that terrorism should ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Legion: Encyclopedia Ii - American Legion - 1930s
According to congressional testimony in the 1930s several of the American Legion's leaders, including its original bankroller Irénée du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coup D'état: Encyclopedia Ii - Coup D'état - Types Of Coups
Samuel P. Huntington has divided coups into three types (ignoring Luttwak's non-military coups) Breakthrough coups - In which a revoluti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coup D'état: Encyclopedia Ii - Coup D'état - Recent Forms Of Coup
In recent years, the traditional military coup has declined massively in use. A new, more contemporary form of military intervention whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism And Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism And Ideology - Fascism & The United States Welfare State
(More contemporary examples of fascism and the United States are discussed on the page Neo-Fascism). While many people hold the view that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coup D'état: Encyclopedia Ii - Coup D'état - Post-military-coup Governments
After the coup, the military is faced with the issue of the type of government to establish. In Latin America, it was common for the post...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism And Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism And Ideology - Fascism And Totalitarianism
Since the fall of the Nazi regime, many theorists have argued that there are similarities between the government of Nazi Germany and that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism And Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism And Ideology - Fascism
Fascism, capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussoli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fascism And Ideology: Encyclopedia Ii - Fascism And Ideology - Fascism And The Political Spectrum
Despite important differences from other right-wing ideologies, fascism is often considered to be a part of "the Right." This is somewhat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Plot: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Plot - Final Resolution
The Congressional committee report confirmed Butler's testimony. This report was published in the 1973 book The Plot to Seize the White H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Plot: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Plot - Final Resolution
The Congressional committee report confirmed Butler's testimony. This report was published in the 1973 book The Plot to Seize the White H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Plot: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Plot - Background
In 1932, during the height of the Great Depression, the Bonus Army, composed of thousands of World War I veterans, demonstrated in Washin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Plot: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Plot - Historical Treatment
Those who hold with the existence of the conspiracy propose several scenarios in explaining why the affair did not become a cause celebre...   » Read the article