Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2012. № 9. Part 2. P. 118-124.
APPEAL OF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT TO ADOLF HITLER ON 15 APRIL 1939 AND AMERICAN-GERMAN RELATIONS
Petrosyants Orest Viktorovich
Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov
Abstract. The author considers the essence of the peacekeeping appeal of the U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt to the Reichschancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler, which took place on April 15, 1939, reveals the goals of Roosevelt, and also analyzes in detail the response address of Hitler in the Reichstag, in which the Fuhrer rejected the proposed initiatives, criticized the U.S. foreign policy and presented the aggressive actions of Germany in international arena as reasonable steps towards the restoration of historical justice broken by Versailles treaty.
Key words and phrases: Франклин Рузвельт, Адольф Гитлер, Соединенные Штаты Америки, Германия, внешняя политика, политика умиротворения, агрессия, Франклин Рузвельт, Адольф Гитлер, Соединенные Штаты Америки, Германия, внешняя политика, политика умиротворения, агрессия, Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, the United States of America, Germany, foreign policy, appeasement policy, aggression
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