The United States as World Policeman

1938 letter from FDR to Hitler offering peace during Czechoslovakian crisis. Primary Source. American Presidency Project.

FDR identifying need for US to resist Hitler by arming allies. Primary Source. American Presidency Project.

FDR strongly identifies American mission in aiding allies in war in Nazis and outlines American attitudes and way of life. Primary Source. American Rhetoric.

FDR. September 21, 1939. American Presidency Project.

FDR approves the “destroyers for bases” deal with Great Britain. Through this deal, the United States transferred destroyers to the British Navy in exchange for leases for British naval and air bases. Excerpts from FDR press conference. September 3, 1940.

"The Atlantic Charter was drafted at the Atlantic Conference (code named Riviera) by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Newfoundland. It was issued as a joint declaration on 14 August 1941. ...The policy was issued as a statement; as such there was no formal, legal document entitled "The Atlantic Charter". It detailed the goals and aims of the Allied powers concerning the war and the post-war world." Wikimedia Commons.

1941. Avalon Project.

Extensive collection of documents. FDR Library.

Collection of primary documents. National Security Archive.

Collection of primary sources. Atomic Archive.

Primary source documents. Gene Dannon.

Primary source documents. Mt. Holyoke College.

GENSUIKIN--Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs.

Hibakusha (A-bomb victims) vividly tell what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With English transcriptions.