While the Freedoms did become a forceful aspect of American thought on the war, they were never the exclusive justification for the war. Polls and surveys conducted by the United States Office of War Information (OWI) revealed that self-defense and vengeance for the attack on Pearl Harbor were still the most prevalent reasons for war.Bodnar, The "Good War" in American Memory p. 14.
While the Freedoms did become a forceful aspect of American thought on the war they were never the exclusive justification for the war Polls and surveys conducted by the United States Office of War Information (OWI) revealed that self-defense and vengeance for the attack on Pearl Harbor were still the most prevalent reasons for warBodnar The "Good War" in American Memory p 14