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Author: William Edward Leuchtenburg
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780231082990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA renowned historian recounts how President Roosevelt inspired the country and changed forever the political, social, economic, and even the physical landscape of the United States--Cover.
Author: Roger Daniels
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2016-02-15
Total Pages: 681
ISBN-13: 0252097645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHaving guided the nation through the worst economic crisis in its history, Franklin Delano Roosevelt by 1939 was turning his attention to a world on the brink of war. The second part of Roger Daniels's biography focuses on FDR's growing mastery in foreign affairs. Relying on FDR's own words to the American people and eyewitness accounts of the man and his accomplishments, Daniels reveals a chief executive orchestrating an immense wartime effort. Roosevelt had effective command of military and diplomatic information and unprecedented power over strategic military and diplomatic affairs. He simultaneously created an arsenal of democracy that armed the Allies while inventing the United Nations intended to ensure a lasting postwar peace. FDR achieved these aims while expanding general prosperity, limiting inflation, and continuing liberal reform despite an increasingly conservative and often hostile Congress. Although fate robbed him of the chance to see the victory he had never doubted, events in 1944 assured him that the victory he had done so much to bring about would not be long delayed. A compelling reconsideration of Roosevelt the president and campaigner, The War Years, 1939-1945 provides new views and vivid insights about a towering figure--and six years that changed the world.
Author: Roy Jenkins
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2003-11-04
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0805069593
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn acute, stylish prose, Jenkins tackles all of the nuances and intricacies of FDRUs character--a masterly work by the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Churchill" and "Gladstone."
Author: Kenneth Sydney Davis
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the second volume of his biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Davis focuses on Roosevelt's career as New York governor and on his bid for the White House. He presents a sympathetic yet critical portrait of FDR, exploring his relationships with Eleanor, Louis Howe and others of the "inner circle"; the psychological power struggles between FDR and Al Smith; and FDR's dealings, as Governor, with New York Bankers and corrupt city officials. He also covers the story of Howard Scott and the rise and fall of technocracy, the coming on of the Great Depression, the formation of the Brain Trust, and the crucial events of the Democratic convention in 1932. ISBN 0-394-51671-0: $19.95.
Author: Conrad Black
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2012-03-13
Total Pages: 1329
ISBN-13: 1610392132
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFranklin Delano Roosevelt stands astride American history like a colossus, having pulled the nation out of the Great Depression and led it to victory in the Second World War. Elected to four terms as president, he transformed an inward-looking country into the greatest superpower the world had ever known. Only Abraham Lincoln did more to save America from destruction. But FDR is such a large figure that historians tend to take him as part of the landscape, focusing on smaller aspects of his achievements or carping about where he ought to have done things differently. Few have tried to assess the totality of FDR's life and career. Conrad Black rises to the challenge. In this magisterial biography, Black makes the case that FDR was the most important person of the twentieth century, transforming his nation and the world through his unparalleled skill as a domestic politician, war leader, strategist, and global visionary -- all of which he accomplished despite a physical infirmity that could easily have ended his public life at age thirty-nine. Black also takes on the great critics of FDR, especially those who accuse him of betraying the West at Yalta. Black opens a new chapter in our understanding of this great man, whose example is even more inspiring as a new generation embarks on its own rendezvous with destiny.
Author: Curtis Roosevelt
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published: 2010-10
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 1458759644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCurtis Roosevelt was three when he and his sister, Eleanor, arrived at the White House soon after their grandfather’s inauguration. The country’s “First Grandchildren,” a pint-sized double act, they were known to the media as “Sistie and Buzzie.”In this rich memoir, Roosevelt brings us into “the goldfish bowl,” as his family called it—that glare of public scrutiny to which all presidential households must submit. He recounts his misadventures as a hapless kid in an unforgivably formal setting and describes his role as a tiny planet circling the dual suns of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.Blending self-abasement, humor, awe and affection,Too Close to the Sunis an intimate portrait of two of the most influential and inspirational figures in modern American history—and a thoughtful exploration of the emotional impact of growing up in their irresistible aura.
Author: George T. McJimsey
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConcise and refreshingly balanced, this history portrays FDR as he confronted crises of epic proportions during his record 12-year tenure as our nation's chief executive. McJimsey gives a fresh account of Roosevelt's landmark administration and offers a new perspective on the New Deal. 12 photos.
Author: Margaret Frith
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-01-07
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1101184949
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent thirteen years in the White House. How he led the country through tremendously difficult problems, much like the ones facing America today, makes for a timely and engrossing biography.
Author: Kaye Lanning Minchew
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2017-06-01
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0820352993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFranklin Delano Roosevelt visited Georgia forty-one times between 1924 and 1945. This rich gathering of photographs and remembrances documents the vital role of Georgia’s people and places in FDR’s rise from his position as a despairing politician daunted by disease to his role as a revered leader who guided the country through its worst depression and a world war. A native New Yorker, FDR called Georgia his “other state.” Seeking relief from the devastating effects of polio, he was first drawn there by the reputed healing powers of the waters at Warm Springs. FDR immediately took to Georgia, and the attraction was mutual. Nearly two hundred photos show him working and convalescing at the Little White House, addressing crowds, sparring with reporters, visiting fellow polio patients, and touring the countryside. Quotes by Georgians from a variety of backgrounds hint at the countless lives he touched during his time in the state. In Georgia, away from the limelight, FDR became skilled at projecting strength while masking polio’s symptoms. Georgia was also his social laboratory, where he floated new ideas to the press and populace and tested economic recovery projects that were later rolled out nationally. Most important, FDR learned to love and respect common Americans—beginning with the farmers, teachers, maids, railroad workers, and others he met in Georgia.
Author: Matthew Dallek
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 0199743126
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEven before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans feared an invasion or attack would occur on US soil. In this timely and authoritative book, Matthew Dallek narrates the creation of a federal agency, the Office of Civilian Defense, founded to protect the homeland.
