Assuming that the Atlantic Charter was a warlike step, was it justified? Roosevelt believed that a Hitler victory would be ruinous for the United States, and to combat isolationist pressures he repeatedly misrepresented facts (Greer case) or usurped powers (convoying). Was he justified in using such methods to arouse the American people to an awareness of their danger?

Assuming that the Atlantic Charter was a warlike step, was it justified? Roosevelt believed that a Hitler victory would be ruinous for the United States, and to combat isolationist pressures he repeatedly misrepresented facts (Greer case) or usurped powers (convoying). Was he justified in using such methods to arouse the American people to an awareness of their danger?