TITLE:
Traitor to his class : the privileged life and radical presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt / H.W. Brands.
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Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
New York : Doubleday,
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
888 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
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Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [826]-828) and index.
Summary:
Brands explores the powerful influence of FDR’s dominating mother and the often tense and always unusual partnership between FDR and his wife, Eleanor, and her indispensable contributions to his presidency. Most of all, the book traces in breathtaking detail FDR’s revolutionary efforts with his New Deal legislation to transform the American political economy in order to save it, his forceful—and cagey—leadership before and during World War II, and his lasting legacy in creating the foundations of the postwar international order.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780385519588
