Episode Details

H.W. Brands describes FDR declaring an "unlimited national emergency" in May 1941, labeling Lindbergh and the America First Committee as "copperheads" and "fifth columnists." Following a misrepresented incident involving the USS Greer, Lindbergh's reputation collapses after a Des Moines speech blaming the British, the Jews, and the Rooseveltadministration for pushing the U.S. toward war — branded an anti-Semite and Nazi stooge, he faces political exile as his organization disbands. (7)