Why We Fight

One of the best ways to get a "feel" for the different periods of recent U.S. history is to look at the films produced during these periods.  Frank Capra's Why We Fight series is a particularly good source for understanding both America's pre-war isolation and the transformation of the United States into the mightiest military machine in all history.

Please watch portions of the Capra series.  Comment here on your impressions: what did you get from watching the film that you might not have understood from just reading or listening to a lecture?