In this week\u2019s reading of PHUS, the truth behind the United States\u2019 intentions in WWII were revealed. When we read about the United States\u2019 involvement in our early education, we always learned about how heroic our country was and how the U.S. alone saved the world from the Nazi\u2019s.\u00a0 Contrary to what our textbooks have taught us, the truth is quite the opposite. When WWII broke out, the United States did little about Hitler\u2019s policies of prosecution. Zinn explains that, \u201cIt was not Hitler\u2019s attacks on the Jews that brought the United States into World War II, any more than the enslavement of 4 million Blacks brought the Civil War in 1861\u201d (410). We learn about how heroic our country was in WWII, when in reality we only entered the war because of economic reasons and Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n
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Pearl Harbor was presented to the American people as \u201ca sudden, shocking, immoral act\u201d. However, this was truly not the case. Although the bombing was immoral, the event itself was not shocking to the American government. The American government already initiated economic sanctions against Japan that they recognized might risk war. Roosevelt ignored this fact and lied to the public about two incidents involving German submarines. \u00a0He thought that these lies were for the right cause.<\/p>\n
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Zinn continues to highlight the truth about monumental events in American history. Over and over throughout history we learn the true intentions of our government. Democrats and businessmen in WWII were focused on making sure that the American economic power would be \u201csecond to none in the world\u201d at the end of the war. This economic war was aimed to save capitalism at home and abroad. This makes me question whether our government has started any war without having some sort of economic intention behind it. Is the United States really a \u201cdefender of hopeless countries\u201d or are they more concerned about the economy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this week\u2019s reading of PHUS, the truth behind the United States\u2019 intentions in WWII were revealed. When we read about the United States\u2019 involvement…<\/p>\n