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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 737 America First: Its History, Culture, and Politics

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The America First Committee, which opposed U.S. entry into World War II, is universally despised today. Bill Kauffman and I use the AFC as a springboard to discuss nonintervention in general and a whole lot more.

Show notes for Ep. 737

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 737.

0:03.7

Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.

0:08.3

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0:14.5

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0:18.4

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0:27.4

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0:31.7

You guys are in for a treat today. Bill Kaufman returns to the show. I just love Bill. I love his writing. I love the way he thinks. I love his originality. And he's just a great, decent guy all around. And we're talking about his book, America First. It's history, culture, and politics. This book has been reissued just recently with a brand new preface and epilogue,

0:56.6

and it's such a wonderful book. It's just over 20 years old, but it's brought up to date with the

1:02.5

new preface and epilogue. But it's really a, it's just a tremendous book. It's, it covers some

1:07.9

important American history, literary history, cultural.

1:12.7

It's just a wonderful book to read.

1:14.4

You will not be upset at me if you read this book.

1:17.8

So you're definitely going to want to check out America First and perhaps more about Bill Kaufman.

1:24.0

Bill has been – he's probably been published in, I don't know, more periodicals than I've

1:29.1

read over the years. He's been published everywhere. He's written many books. I've never been

1:35.3

sorry that I've read a Bill Kaufman book. He wrote the screenplay for the wonderful film Copperhead.

1:40.9

So you've heard him talk about that on the show, if you're a long-time listener. Just a

1:45.6

tremendous guy. That's, I don't know what else to say. He's one of my favorite guests ever on the

1:50.2

show. So I'm delighted to be able to welcome him back. Bill, thanks for being here again.

1:54.7

Oh, Tom, it's great to be here. Great September day. You know, it's that hybrid of spring and fall, so I'm invigorated.

2:02.7

Well, I'm down here in Florida, and it ain't no hybrid of nothing. It's still summer.

2:07.1

It's still terrible. But listen, this book, I'm telling you, this is why I love Bill Kaufman.

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