CONCLUSION

Charles Lindbergh was a man who captivated a nation and gained and equal number of friends and enemies throughout his life. He was deemed both an America hero and traitor. His efforts to stop American intervention into WWII were some of the most publicized and most effective. The knowledge that he had gained from living in Europe and his expertise in aviation made him extremely knowledgeable and adamant in his beliefs. He was unfairly deemed a Nazi sympathizer and a racist. These misconceptions about why he did not support the war followed him for the rest of his life. By examining the real reasons why Lindbergh was against the war. You find a man that was neither a pacifist nor a racist. He did not see the purpose of a war that you could not fight adequately. Above all he believed that they Unites States had a responsibility to itself and its citizens before anyone else. When the time came to defend our nation he was as ready as anyone.

Artist's rendition of Lindbergh's plane The Spirit of St Louis

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