The America First Committee, founded in September 1940 to keep the United States out of what became the Second World War, was the largest antiwar organization in American history. An introduction by Bill Kauffman assesses the place of Ruth Sarles and America First in American history. Ruth Sarles was at the center of the storm.
Written in 1942, but unpublished until now, this study of the America First Committee by its chief researcher and Senate lobbyist sheds new light on this frequently misunderstood and misrepresented group.