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To: Neocon who wrote (8803)	11/8/1999 4:48:00 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Pat deals with these issues on pages 267-282. A very brief snippet of the book. His main beef is that FDR didn't even try to explore alternatives. He was determined to throw bodies in there. If you read those pages you'll find that he doesn't advocate a hands off policy, but wonders if we could have contributed without the large loss of life. I suspect the neoconservatives are howling because most of the book is a thorough examination of diplomatic history from 1898 onward and questions several premises that the Pax Americana crowd has taken for granted. He is harsh with FDR's performance at Yalta, which still may sting some people. Not everyone thinks that ceding Central and Eastern Europe (Catholic countries) to Stalin was a good idea. Why is it heresy to question that? I understand that Caughlinite has been a derisive term for some time. I'm curious as to why that is. In the early days of the New Deal, Father Coughlin was a beloved figure. He supported FDR and his programs. As the New Deal wore on, the good Father soured on it and began criticizing FDR on his radio show. Suddenly he became an arch-fiend. I think I see a pattern here. You know, Joe McCarthy did not invent the "guilt by association" line. I believe FDR pioneered that one. All I know about Father Coughlin is what I read in my three volumes of his radio speeches. There is nothing there to indicate he hates anybody. If you can cite a source for his being anti-Semitic I'd like to see it. I recall a biographer of his on C-Span said that Father Coughlin would say "Roosevelt" in a way that made it sound Jewish. If that's all they have to go on, it's pretty pathetic.