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FDR: One peaceful nation after another has met disaster because each refused to look the Nazi danger squarely in the eye…

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One peaceful nation after another has met disaster because each refused to look the Nazi danger squarely in the eye until it had actually had them by the throat.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt reflects on the consequences faced by nations that failed to recognize the Nazi threat in time.

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