Fdr by Jean Edward Smith
Richly researched political biography that follows Franklin D. Roosevelt from his privileged upbringing and battle with polio to his unprecedented four-term presidency, showing how he built the New Deal coalition to confront the Great Depression and led the nation through World War II. It assesses his political skill and transformative expansion of federal power while examining controversies such as the internment of Japanese Americans and his attempt to reshape the Supreme Court.
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- Published
- 2007
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 880
- Original Language
- English
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