ABSTRACT
The collapse of 1929 not only destroyed the political arrangements, but it created such chaos and disillusionment those fascists and radical leftists replaced moderate governments in Germany, Spain, and Japan. Hoover made one final attempt to put the pieces back together. As the foreign policy debate in Washington intensified, Murrow shrewdly helped the prointerventionist forces by emphasizing Churchill's greatness and England's bravery while reporting British belief that Americans were the last hope for democracy. Washington preferred to consider a deal with its old friend Japan rather than work with the mysterious, revolutionary Soviets. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt asked Congress on December 8 to declare war against Japan, he did not think it possible to declare war on Germany, even though Hitler remained the primary objective of American policy. The American economic system had broken down, leaving the New Deal a failure until it was rescued by war spending.
