NEW YORK STATE: BATTLEGROUND OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Description: Fish, Hamilton. NEW YORK STATE: THE BATTLEGROUND OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. New York, Washington, Atlanta, Hollywood: Vantage Press, (1976). Octavo, 9-1/2 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Black boards titled and decorated in gilt on the front cover and the spine, in a black & white pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed & slightly soiled with some creases and a couple of tiny tears to the edges. [xvi] & 272 pages, with several full & half-page illustrations in black & white. A previous owner's name and the date 1990 are penned at the top of the front endpaper. Very good. First edition. Signed by Hamilton Fish on the title page in his shaky 102 year old hand. The New York Republican Congressman Hamilton Fish (1888-1991) was a leading voice of isolationism in the years leading up to World War II. He yielded great power as the ranking Republican on the House Rules and Foreign Affairs committees and fought to keep the U.S. out of the Second World War. Fish was a proponent of hunting domestic communists who he deemed much more dangerous than the threat from Nazi Germany and became one of FDR's most vocal and threatening foes. Fish led the opposition to Roosevelt's Lend-Lease policy to aid Great Britain during the war and opposed calls for extending the draft. Fish spoke against a background of flags decorated with swastikas at a 1938 German Day rally at Madison Square Garden and, in 1939, flew to Oslo for a meeting of the Interparliamentary Union in a plane belonging to the German foreign minister. Fish had distinguished himself during the First World War as a soldier and officer who had served with the 369th Infantry "Harlem Hellfighters", a unit of African-American soldiers led by white officers. Fish and his unit landed in Brest and spent 191 days on the front lines, the longest of any American regiment, and was the first to reach the Rhine River. Fish received the Silver Star and the French War Cross and he and his sister who had served as a nurse were later inducted into the French Legion of Honor. Despite his earlier opposition, Fish called for the nation to unite behind President Roosevelt when the United States went to war in 1941, although he once again returned to fuel conspiracy theories about FDR following the war. I UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE ABOVE AUTOGRAPH! TERMS: Shipping charges are calculated based on the total packed weight of this item. New York State residents will be assessed and charged the relevant sales tax. Postage on foreign orders will be assessed and billed at full value. You may request Express Mail or Air Mail service at additional charge. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.PLEASE E-MAIL FOR EXACT EXPRESS MAIL OR FOREIGN SHIPPING CHARGES!We accept PayPal.Be sure to add me to your favorites list! Check out my other items!

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