In "American Betrayal", Diana West argues that -- current policies today
notwithstanding -- America began to abandon its core ideals and march
toward Socialism nearly 75 years ago. Starting in the late 1930s, at the
time of FDR, the Soviets were already in a position to take advantage
of the many communist sympathizers in the U.S. Not only FDR, but also
Presidents Truman and Eisenhower and those in their inner circles played
roles in enabling the U.S.S.R. as well as concealing the massive
Moscow-directed penetration of American society. West shows that the
system of spies designed to denigrate the American way of life was deep
and extensive.