U.S Foreign Policy Toward Jewish Refugees During 1933-1939
PART I HISTORICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS
In reviewing the events which gave rise to the U.S.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s foreign policy
toward Jewish refugees, we must identify the relevant factors upon which such
decisions were made. Factors including the U.S. government\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s policy mechanisms,
it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s bureaucracy and public opinion, coupled with the narrow domestic political
mindedness of President Roosevelt, lead us to ask; Why was the American
government apathetic to the point of culpability, and isolationist to the point
of irresponsibility, with respect to the systematic persecution and annihilation
of the Jewish people of Europe during the period between 1938-1945?
Throughout the years of 1933-1939, led by Neville Chamberlain and the
British, the United States was pursuing a policy of appeasement toward Hitler.
They had tolerated his military......
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