Peter Kuznick

Robert La Follette is one of the greats, but there were a lot of them then. And they weren't strictly isolationist. William Borough was one of the leaders from Idaho.

Right. Henry Wallace from Iowa. And so, but when they started to go after Truman, the Democrats got very defensive. And after Wilson, the Democrats got very defensive and they blew up the hearings. Even Roosevelt was supportive of what they were calling for in 1934. So what were they calling for? Well, there are various variants on this. One was to either tax everything above $10,000.

Right. Henry Wallace from Iowa. And so, but when they started to go after Truman, the Democrats got very defensive. And after Wilson, the Democrats got very defensive and they blew up the hearings. Even Roosevelt was supportive of what they were calling for in 1934. So what were they calling for? Well, there are various variants on this. One was to either tax everything above $10,000.

Right. Henry Wallace from Iowa. And so, but when they started to go after Truman, the Democrats got very defensive. And after Wilson, the Democrats got very defensive and they blew up the hearings. Even Roosevelt was supportive of what they were calling for in 1934. So what were they calling for? Well, there are various variants on this. One was to either tax everything above $10,000.

Once war began, anything that people earned over $10,000 would be taxed at either 98% or 100%. because the DuPonts and the Morgans and Mellons made huge profits out of World War I, astronomical profits.

Once war began, anything that people earned over $10,000 would be taxed at either 98% or 100%. because the DuPonts and the Morgans and Mellons made huge profits out of World War I, astronomical profits.

Once war began, anything that people earned over $10,000 would be taxed at either 98% or 100%. because the DuPonts and the Morgans and Mellons made huge profits out of World War I, astronomical profits.

And part of the reason why we got involved in the war at all, even though American people did not want to, was because we had lent, Morgan banks had lent $2.5 billion to the allies and 100 million to the other side. And so it was clear which side we were going to get involved in.

And part of the reason why we got involved in the war at all, even though American people did not want to, was because we had lent, Morgan banks had lent $2.5 billion to the allies and 100 million to the other side. And so it was clear which side we were going to get involved in.

And part of the reason why we got involved in the war at all, even though American people did not want to, was because we had lent, Morgan banks had lent $2.5 billion to the allies and 100 million to the other side. And so it was clear which side we were going to get involved in.

What Wilson said when he was criticized, because he ran in 1916 as a peace candidate, the slogan was, we kept America out of the war. And then in 1917, they changed the slogan to, it's the war to end all wars or the war to make the world safe for democracy. But Wilson entered it in large part because he knew that if we didn't, then the US would have no hand in the post-war settlement.

What Wilson said when he was criticized, because he ran in 1916 as a peace candidate, the slogan was, we kept America out of the war. And then in 1917, they changed the slogan to, it's the war to end all wars or the war to make the world safe for democracy. But Wilson entered it in large part because he knew that if we didn't, then the US would have no hand in the post-war settlement.

What Wilson said when he was criticized, because he ran in 1916 as a peace candidate, the slogan was, we kept America out of the war. And then in 1917, they changed the slogan to, it's the war to end all wars or the war to make the world safe for democracy. But Wilson entered it in large part because he knew that if we didn't, then the US would have no hand in the post-war settlement.

And he said, we have to be in it so that we can shape the post-war world. And he came up with the League of Nations, which could have been a good idea under certain circumstances. But his 14 points were very progressive, but the British and French colonialists were not going to accept it. And as Oliver said before, when the Soviet...

And he said, we have to be in it so that we can shape the post-war world. And he came up with the League of Nations, which could have been a good idea under certain circumstances. But his 14 points were very progressive, but the British and French colonialists were not going to accept it. And as Oliver said before, when the Soviet...

And he said, we have to be in it so that we can shape the post-war world. And he came up with the League of Nations, which could have been a good idea under certain circumstances. But his 14 points were very progressive, but the British and French colonialists were not going to accept it. And as Oliver said before, when the Soviet...

revolution occurred, one of the first thing they did is they broke in and found all the diplomatic papers which showed the secret treaties between Russia, France, and Britain to divide up the Middle East. You know, the problems we're talking about now trace back to then, to the colonialists who controlled the Middle East. But this was going on all over the world. They had this plan.

revolution occurred, one of the first thing they did is they broke in and found all the diplomatic papers which showed the secret treaties between Russia, France, and Britain to divide up the Middle East. You know, the problems we're talking about now trace back to then, to the colonialists who controlled the Middle East. But this was going on all over the world. They had this plan.

revolution occurred, one of the first thing they did is they broke in and found all the diplomatic papers which showed the secret treaties between Russia, France, and Britain to divide up the Middle East. You know, the problems we're talking about now trace back to then, to the colonialists who controlled the Middle East. But this was going on all over the world. They had this plan.

The Germans wanted to get involved in the war in part because they were latecomers to the empire in Africa. They felt they'd been frozen out of the empires that the British and French and Dutch and Portuguese all were controlling.