America sleeps far away from the impending conflicts of World War II.

Despite this VAST distance, an anxiety lingers in the mind of American President - Franklin D. Roosevelt  …

My dog Noodles and I scale WWII observation towers along the Delaware coast - and use the story of their construction to illustrate the deep anxieties present in the pre-war American government. 

All this is to say: 

The slow buildup to American involvement in The Second World War; is more interesting and deliberate than assumed.  

Works Cited: 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27555685?read-now=1&seq=15#page_scan_tab_contents

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt1xx5pk.8?searchText=world+war+two&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dworld%2Bwar%2Btwo%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ae8810c8b534d4a6bfb307d1c26a94446&seq=4

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/study-general-board-usnavy-1929-1933.html#:~:text=warships%20should%20be%20built.,during%20an%20eight%20year%20plan.&text=Congress%20was%20not%20ready%20to,plan%20and%20disbanded%20the%20board.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/message-congress-making-the-civilian-conservation-corps-permanent-agency

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/civilian-conservation-corps

https://shorebread.com/2013/01/24/the-watch-towers-that-line-the-de-coast-signs-of-world-war-ii/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27555685

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/selective-service-and-arsenal-of-democracy.htm

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fireside-chat-13

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/20/fdr-prepares-for-us-role-in-world-war-ii-june-20-1940-650866

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/churchill/interactive/_html/wc0112.html

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/article/2140942/first-peacetime-draft-enacted-just-before-world-war-ii/

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/joint-address-to-congress-declaration-of-war-against-japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoaXGUq-l50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iuQcxXAdfw

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