Cadets Visit the Roosevelt Home in Hyde Park

Cadets enrolled in HI358 Strategy, Policy, and Generalship culminated their study of the First World War, Interwar Period, and Second World War with a trip section to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Home, Museum, and Presidential Library in Hyde Park. Library staff helped the cadets analyze a number of primary documents from the archive concerning the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. National Park Service staff provided a tour of the home. This visit deepened the cadets’ understanding of the issues faced by America’s political and military leaders in the years leading up to and during the Second World War, and helped to highlight the value of conducting primary source research as well as the challenges associated with doing so.