Man of destiny : FDR and the making of the American century / Alonzo L. Hamby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamby, Alonzo L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States.

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

Politics and government.

World War, 1939-1945--Biography.

World War, 1939-1945.

New Deal, 1933-1939.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 500 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, [2015]

Contents:

Becoming FDR. "The best people" : family and identity, 1882-1896 ; Young gentleman : schooldays, 1896-1904 ; Eleanor and Franklin : marriage, family, job, 1904-1910 ; Insurgent progressive, 1910-1913 ; Riding in front : Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-1914 ; Armageddon : the Great War, 1914-1919 ; Victory in defeat, 1919-1921 ; Paralysis and philanthropy, 1921-1928 ; The young prince returns, 1922-1928 ; Chief executive : power in Albany, 1929-1932 ; Destiny calls : the quest for the presidency, January-July, 1932 ; Much to fear : election and interregnum, July, 1932-March, 1933

The New Deal. Nothing to fear : creating a New Deal, March-July, 1933 ; Unlimited ambitions, limited achievement : the First New deal, July 1933-November 1934 ; Presidential government : the politics of maximum leadership, 1933-1934 ; Toward "a new order of things" : origins of the Second New Deal, 1935 ; Rendezvous with destiny : the Second New Deal and the triumph of 1936 ; "Panic and lack of confidence" : the economic and political consequences of the second hundred days, 1937-1939

The world at war. Winds of war, 1933-1939 ; Private plans and public danger, September 1939-November 1940 ; Undeclared war, December 7, 1940-December 7, 1941 ; Commander-in-chief of the United Nations, December 1941-January 1943 ; Dr. New Deal at bay : mobilization and mortality, 1942-1944 ; War and diplomacy, February 1943-June 1944 ; Indispensable man, June 6, 1944-November 7, 1944 ; The quest for a new world order, November 8, 1944-April 15, 1945

FDR and the American century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-484) and index.

ISBN:

9780465028603

0465028608

OCLC:

904335544