This was a fantastic documentary series

Was it completely neutral and non-biased, no. Everyone has some issues with it. My issue was it didn't spend enough time on FDR's position on the Jewish solution and Nazi concentration camps. I believe FDR had enough intel to locate, destroy and liberate the camps before the holocaust was complete. It was a matter of priorities and anti-semitism was so prevalent in this country that the US didn't want allow all the Jews from the camps to emigrate to the US. FDR saying that Hitler was a madman and they had to eliminate him to stop the final solution. Bringing Nazi leadership to justice after the war was a hollow victory.

Aside from that this was Ken Burns greatest work. What made it special was the era that covered came after motion pictures were invented. The Civil War documentary had to make use of photographs. Motion pictures capture the feel of the time and FDR's reign had sound. I would have loved to hear what Teddy sounded like. FDR was an amazing orator. His command is what made him a great leader.

What I always knew but was fascinated with the depth that Burns covered was how FDR's inability to walk and poor health was kept from the public. Being in a wheelchair and unable to walk shouldn't have mattered to public. It didn't stop FDR from being a great leader. The era however there was a bias against crippled people. Getting FDR elected for his fourth term was the real trick. Still amazed how they were able to get a dying man back into office. This could have backfired into the most dire consequences.

Finally as much as it was explained I am still baffled with the isolationist path the US followed prior to out entry into the war. Did they really want to allow Hitler to capture the entire European continent. I understand the factors. Most people in the United States only knew the countries in Europe from newsreels at the movies and pictures in Life Magazine. In addition teenagers grew up with a couple of postcards on their wall of the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben. Why fight someone else's battles. People were weary of having nothing during the 10 years of the depression. With all that the attitude was still callous.