375 | Craig Nelson: How America Became the "Arsenal of Democracy" and the Lessons for Today
The Realignment
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The Miracle of FDR
The term arsenal of democracy has actually a long history to it. When we discuss today, we're often referring specifically to American industrial capacity. But when you describe the term, you're saying that FDR is referring to the quote unquote miracle of the American people. The landings of garden hose becomes the entire support system for France before she falls in for Britain and the USSR until Pearl Harbor. That's how what a political operator he was.
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