Ron has a new article on Charles Lindbergh and the America First Committee.
https://www.unz.com/runz/american-pravd ... -movement/
It is essentially a discussion of a new book by H.W. Brands, America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War to which he then appends some supplemental revisionist material from his previous articles. He closes with a discussion of the typical scurrilous anti-Lindbergh portrayals including Philip Roth's alternative history novel The Plot Against America (I have seen a little bit of the groan-inducing HBO series).
I have not read the Brand book (it was only released in September) but I have read an older 1974 book covering similar ground, Charles A. Lindbergh and the Battle Against American Intervention in World War II by Wayne S. Cole, which I thought was good. Cole was an academic historian specializing in the isolationist movement, and he summarizes Lindbergh's views fairly and objectively without the usual smears and heavy editorializing you get from most mainstream commentators (see for example Ron's discussion of the Max Wallace book). Lindbergh wrote all of his own speeches and articles and my impression of him is that he expressed himself thoughtfully, carefully, and sincerely. In terms of worldview, Lindbergh was certainly race conscious. He saw war among Western European nations as disastrous and catastrophic for Western/White civilization. He did not believe Germany had any desire to attack Britain or France (I agree) though he did foresee potential for war in the East between Germany and Russia. In the 1930s he had visited Britain, France, Germany, and Russia. While he had nothing against the Russian people, he had a very unfavorable view of the Soviet system and didn't seem to regard Russia as part of the West (but rather more "Asiatic"). And he saw Britain and France getting involved as potentially opening the door for Communism in Europe (again, correct). If I get a chance to look at the Brands book I would be interested to see how it compares to Cole.
A bit that Ron covers that was new to me was his reference to the book Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States, 1939-44 by Thomas E. Mahl. It covers "foreign interference" in the 1940 US presidential election including covert British support for Wendall Willkie's surprise nomination. And lest this be dismissed as conspiracy theory, the Mahl book was published a university press (University of Nebraska). Willkie as controlled opposition is a quite interesting angle although frankly I don't think any interference was needed to convince Roosevelt, and you could just as easily make the case that Roosevelt was influencing Britain and France in a pro-war direction. There is much complementary literature here on Roosevelt's secret push for war, his many violations of neutrality, and his dishonest public remarks to the contrary, especially during the 1940 campaign. And then of course the Pearl Harbor controversy. One relevant bit I would add that generally isn't mentioned in the older books is the extent to which Roosevelt and the FBI cracked down on the isolationist movement (and the German American Bund). There is a 2007 book by academic Douglas M. Charles, J. Edgar Hoover and the Anti-Interventionists: FBI Political Surveillance and the Rise of the Domestic Security State, 1939-1945 which makes use of FBI files released under FOIA. It details how Roosevelt's government made use of surveillance and other police state tactics to crush Lindbergh and the isolationists.