The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh"The years between 1938 and 1945 were cataclysmic. In that disastrous stretch of time Charles Lindbergh responded to crises with active intellectual curiosity and extraordinary insight. He studied European aviation. He sought to alert leaders to the military imbalance and the lack of preparation among the Western nations. He made a dedicated endeavor to keep the United States out of a war that he believed seriously threatened to destroy Western civilization"--from jacket flaps. |
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