Gerald P. Nye, the isolationist guy, was a Republican senator from North Dakota. An impassioned speaker, he was known to repeatedly pound the table to make his point, often with the result of blood...

Very similar in theme and content to the "Four Freedoms" speech, this FDR radio address outlines the dealio with World War II in late 1940. Nicknamed "Great Arsenal of Democracy" for the catchy slo...

Though the United States was determined to fight the good democratic fight against the ravages of tyranny, it was still unable to avoid perpetrating a few injustices itself. And we're not talking a...

The Atlantic Charter was a joint statement issued by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14th, 1941. It defined the goals for the outcome of the war, assu...

After the end of World War II, an intergovernmental organization was established to prevent such a devastating conflict from ever happening again. Today, we know this organization as the United Nat...