Nye Committee
The Nye Committee, officially known as the Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry, was a United States Senate committee chaired by U.S. Senator Gerald Nye. The committee investigated the financial and banking interests which underlay United States' involvement in World War I, and was a significant factor in public and political support for American neutrality in the early stages of World War II.
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- The Power of the Isolationists Before World War II
On most issues of the 1930s, Franklin Roosevelt enjoyed overwhelming support from Congress and the American people. One huge exception, however, was in the area of foreign policy.
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