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FDR, Dewey, and the election of 1944 / David M. Jordan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jordan, David M., 1935-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--Election--1944.
- Presidents.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
- Dewey, Thomas E.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Prologue: an evening at the Statler
- A nation at war
- Politics in midwar
- The Republicans
- The Democrats
- Willkie pushes hard
- President and Congress
- Wendell in wonderland
- The bandwagon rolling
- It looks like Dewey
- The Republican Convention
- Meanwhile, the Democrats
- The ailing president
- Will Roosevelt run?
- Who runs with Roosevelt?
- The Democrats arrive in Chicago
- Democrats in convention
- Campaign on the high seas
- The Republicans go to work
- Dewey heads west
- The battle is on
- The October campaign kicks in
- Death in October
- Dewey on the offensive
- FDR strikes back
- Down to the wire
- Bricker's campaign
- The man from Missouri
- The last days
- Election day
- Summing up
- Epilogue: the fourth term.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253356833
- 0253356830
- 9780253005625
- 0253005620
- OCLC:
- 696100051
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