Franklin D. Roosevelt a political life
(2018)
By:
Dallek, Robert
Nonfiction
Large Type
Call Numbers:
LARGE TYPE/BIOGRAPHY/ROOSEVELT,F
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION
1049 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781432846428, 1432846426 :, 1432846426, 9781432846428
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
In an era of great national divisiveness, there could not be a more timely biography of one of our greatest presidents than one focusing on his unparalleled ability as a uniter and consensus maker. Robert Dallek takes a fresh look at compelling questions that have attracted all FDR's biographers. How did a man who came from so privileged a background become one of the greatest champions of the country's needy? And how did someone never recognized for his intellect foster revolutionary changes in the country's institutions and foreign relations?
CONTENTS
Prologue: Everything to fear --
Chapter 1: Making of a patrician --
Chapter 2: Making of a politician --
Chapter 3: Polio --
Chapter 4: "Chameleon on plaid" --
Chapter 5: "Instrument of their wishes" --
Chapter 6: "Trustee of the existing social system" --
Chapter 7: Mastering Washington "bedlam" --
Chapter 8: Triumph of the new order --
Chapter 9: Second-term curse --
Chapter 10: Worst of times --
Chapter 1: Dangers abroad, uncertainties at home --
Chapter 12: Faux neutral --
Chapter 13: "Safe on third" --
Chapter 14: Path to war --
Chapter 15: Setbacks and losses: "We might lose this war" --
Chapter 16: End of the beginning --
Chapter 17: "High promise of better things" --
Chapter 18: "Dr. Win the War" --
Chapter 19: The "good soldier" --
Chapter 20: Winning the war, planning the peace --
Chapter 21: Last full measure --