Brands shows how Roosevelt's friendship and regard for Winston Churchill helped to forge one of the greatest alliances in history, as Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin maneuvered to defeat Germany and prepare for post-war Europe. Brands shows how Roosevelt transformed American government during the Depression with his New Deal legislation, and carefully managed the country's prelude to war. Drawing on archival material, public speeches, correspondence and accounts by those closest to Roosevelt early in his career and during his presidency, H. NATIONAL BESTSELLERA "Washington Post" Notable BookA brilliant evocation of the qualities that made FDR one of the most beloved and greatest of American presidents. "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -Dave Callanan About the Author:īook Description Paperback. "We are determined to make every American citizen the subject of his country's interest and concern," proclaimed Roosevelt in 1937. FDR's path may have been unorthodox (evidenced by an unprecedented 12 years spent as commander-in-chief) and arguably illegal (the New Deal didn't always work well with the Constitution), but his shared goal of a stronger America at home and abroad endeared him to voters of varying backgrounds. With the same exhaustive research familiar to fans of his biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Andrew Jackson, Brands provides a portrait of an unflinching (and often recalcitrant) figure whose unshakable confidence inspired a beleaguered nation. Though born into the upper crust of society, FDR dedicated his career to fighting for the common good and the ideals of the American Dream. Brands penetrates the clenched grin of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a masterful biography of one of America's most beloved leaders.
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