Episode 420-Interview w/ James B. Conroy, about his book, The Devils Will Get No Rest

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.5 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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As the Americans enter the war after the events of Pearl Harbor, the Western Allies have to decide how to fight the war. The Americans have the industry, the British, the experience. But both will have to give to get along so that Hitlerism can be destroyed. Mr. Conroy’s book covers the Casablanca Conference and the one small detail that almost changed the war and the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast.
0:14.0	Episode 420 interview with James B. Conroy about his latest book, The Devils Will Get No Rest,
0:21.8	FDR Churchill and the Plan That Won the War.
0:26.0	Mr. Conroy, author of such books as Jefferson's White House and Lincoln's White House, now
0:31.3	turns his considerable talents to World War II.
0:35.5	Pearl Harbor has brought the US into the war, but Washington and London are far apart on
0:40.7	how to fight and win this war.
0:43.4	They are a common people with a common goal separated by differing world views and a common
0:49.5	language.
0:50.6	The British have the experience, the Americans, the industrial might, but unless they're
0:55.4	on the same page, victory is far from certain.
0:59.3	Mr. Conroy, thank you very much for coming on the show today.
1:02.8	Well, thank you for having me.
1:04.1	I appreciate it.
1:05.1	Absolutely.
1:06.1	I'm so excited you're here.
1:07.1	I loved your book and all the details and all the nuances we're going to go into that.
1:11.2	But let me start with the first question.
1:13.2	So it's January 1941 and clearly the US is going to be drawn into this war eventually
1:19.7	either by the actions of the Japanese or maybe a German U-boat sinking in American vessel.
1:25.4	It seems likely that the Americans are going to get involved as much as the at least 50%
1:30.9	of the American public doesn't want to.
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