The hidden campaign : FDR's health and the 1944 election / Hugh E. Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Hugh E., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Presidents--United States--Election--1944.

Presidents.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Health.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Health.

United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

United States.

Politics and government.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 202 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2002]

Summary:

In a media environment where we get more information about politicians' health than we sometimes prefer, it is hard to imagine how President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in 1945 -- shortly after his re-election to a fourth term -- came as a sudden and unexpected shock to the nation.

Drawing on the medical notes of the physician who treated Roosevelt at the time, Dr. Hugh Evans looks at the issue of Roosevelt's health from a medical ethics perspective. He also brings to the inquiry a keen eye for the political and media considerations that led to the decision to run and not to disclose the extent of Roosevelt's illness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.

ISBN:

0765608553

OCLC:

50278387