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Episode 343 Interview with Ambassador David McCain about his book, Watching Darkness Fall.

That DR, His Ambassadors and the Rise of Adolf Hitler.

Former Ambassador to Luxembourg and before that, the Director of Policy Planning at the

US Department of State, Ambassador McCain is currently the senior fellow at the German

Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington, D.C. and the author of several books, One

Being, Tommy The Quark, Washington's ultimate insider from Roosevelt to Reagan.

Today he joins us to talk about how all but one of FDR's ambassadors in Europe misjudged

Hitler and his intentions. Ambassador McCain, thank you very much for being with us today.

Delighted. Thank you for having me, right?

Absolutely. So I am so happy to have you on this show because obviously when people hear

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