The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front, xx, 1038 pp., 12 double-sided plates, maps on inner boards and free-endpapers. An attractive copy in a slightly worn dust jacket. These journals cover the years 1938 to 1945. In that disastrous stretch of time Charles Lindbergh responded to crises with active intellectual curiosity and extraordinary insight. He studied European aviation. He sought to alert leaders to the military imbalance and the lack of preparation among the Western nations. He made a dedicated endeavour to keep the United States out of a war that he believed seriously threatened to destroy Western civilisation. He indicated his awareness of the harsh realities that awaited a stricken and shattered postwar Europe. Item #2554
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