lindberg's wife pitched in too. in the fall of 1940, at the height of the election season to the best sellera short book list. the tight was "the wave of the future" and can you imagine what the wave of the future was? it was what else? dynamic in dazzling fascism. well, it was obvious that fascism and dictatorship were more modern and energetic than old fashioned slow democracy. oh democracy is so quaint, so inefficient, so worn out. ann marrow lindberg argued the conflict takes place in europe between democratic nations and fascist nations wasn't between good and evil. no. it was between the forces of the past and the forces of the future. believe it or not, she actually wrote that hitler, and i quote, is a very brave man. like an inspired religious leader. as such rather facebook page fact call, but not scheme, not sell fish, not greety for -- greedy for power. a visionary who wants the best for his country. her book was beautifully written. but the message was repulsive. she argued that americans must embrace th

bottom line, lindberg bought into nazi propaganda hook, line, and zinger. he called the spirit of the german people magnificent, intoxicated with advances in aviation and especially admiredded their strengths for lindberg, german strength and veer rielty were the key to the future. when he returned to the united states in 1939, he became the public voice of isolationism. he hammered roosevelt for failing to appease hitler and for alienating the powerful nations of germany and italy and james -- japan. the standard line was that the united states was completely protected by two vast oceans and was in no danger whatsoever of any foreign invasion. that is, unless, the united states meddled in the affairs of foreign countries. he assisted the only real danger to america was roosevelt himself. in any case, it was pointless for the united states to intervene in europe because he believed with germany's powerful army and air force, hitler was unbeatable. he was sure the dye was cast. well, it was so obvious that germany would win the war, that he wondered why in t

. >> it is short or it john lindberg from the -- short. . john lindberg from the american naval academy. my question is for john pickering. given the level of trust that jim walsh talked about, is it possible that we can't move beyond the nuclear issue, that both sides have painted themselves into such rhetorical corners that the issue politically is too hard? not technically, but politically too hard, and we may have to put it aside? the position of holding everything else hostage to the nuclear issue? and perhaps find other areas, such as the things you mentioned , where the sides can find it if they do say yes and reach an agreement, the sky is not going to fall. >> it's another very interesting question. my feeling is that we have had such a sense of mesmerize asian -- mesmerization about the nuclear issue that even at fairly senior levels in iran, one has had even from moderate iranians, they are -- my own view, and i think it's reflected in the report, is that there should be an opportunity to move as well to the other issues, as each

was convinced the isolationists, particularly lindberg pose a major threat to the country and to himself. he and his supporters embarked on a campaign to damage their credibility, their influence and their reputation. calling them among other things subversives and even not cease. this wasn't put on. fbi did believe lindbergh was a nazi which was not true. he was pro german in many ways but was not a nazi. fdr all-out -- this is one of the most wonderful stories in the book. a lot of covert british intelligence organizations to operate in the united states, they operated out of the building directly across the street in st. patrick's cathedral in rockefeller center. more than a thousand of them, agents. this operation have the bland innocuous title british security coordination and its main job was to get america into the door no matter how. it carried out its own campaign, relying on anti-war groups, digging up any jerked they could find on isolation, smoking congress outside, wiretapping phones of diplomats in washington, propaganda in u.s. newspapers and even forging documents. these