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FDR's world : war, peace, and legacies / edited by David B. Woolner, Warren F. Kimball, and David Reynolds.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- World of the Roosevelts
- The world of the Roosevelts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Influence.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
- Diplomatic history.
- Aeronautics, Commercial.
- History.
- National security.
- United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
- United States.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- National security--United States--History.
- Aeronautics, Commercial--History--20th century.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Contents:
- FDR's foreign policy and the construction of American history, 1945-1955 / David Reynolds
- FDR and the "world wide arena" / Alan K. Henrikson
- FDR and the origins of the national security establishment / Mark Stoler
- The sheriffs: FDR's postwar world / Warren F. Kimball
- FDR and the "colonial question" / Lloyd Gardner
- FDR and the "China question" / Michael Schaller
- FDR and the new economic order / Randall Woods
- FDR and the struggle for a postwar civil aviation regime: legacy or loss? / Alan Dobson
- FDR's worldviews, 1941-1945 / Walter LaFeber
- Epilogue: FDR: reflections on legacy and leadership, the view from 2008 / David B. Woolner.
- Notes:
- Based on the proceedings of two conferences: "In the shadow of FDR: how Roosevelt's wartime leadership shaped the postwar world" organized by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and held in 2005; and "Roosevelt and Churchill: the legacy of two statesmen" organized jointly with the Churchill Centre, Washington, D.C. and held in 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0230609384
- 9780230609389
- OCLC:
- 213601240
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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