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21. Franklin D. Roosevelt: 32nd President 1933-1945 (Getting to Know the Us Presidents) by Mike Venezia | |
Paperback: 32
Pages
(2007-09)
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22. The Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (American Presidency Series) by George McJimsey | |
Hardcover: 355
Pages
(2000-04-27)
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Editorial Review Book Description A welcome synthesis of the best modern scholarship on the Roosevelt administration, McJimsey's study portrays Roosevelt as a pluralist leader whose various New Deal programs empowered the American people to combat America's Great Depression at the grass roots. During the depression, Roosevelt hoped to create a "cooperative commonwealth" that would create a strong America at home, as later during World War II he sought to create an international order based on allied cooperation and American leadership. McJimsey pays particular attention to the political environment in which Roosevelt's presidency functioned and how it both created opportunities and limited his choices. Roosevelt, he shows, was often unable to avoid pluralism's pitfalls, as he found he had to work through corrupt city bosses, patronage-hungry congressmen, and profit-driven businessmen. As McJimsey observes, he was repeatedly forced to maneuver and manipulate to hold the reins of power. A separate chapter on Eleanor Roosevelt describes her emergence as a public figure and her advocacy of social causes, exploring how she acted on issues that Franklin hesitated to address. In addition, the book expands on previous treatments of FDR by analyzing important policy issues involving and affecting women and Native Americans. It also sheds new light on the policy changes of 1935 and 1937, the roles of FDR's close associates, and the ultimate impact of his actions on democracy. Concise and refreshingly balanced, The Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt portrays FDR as an unexpected proponent of decentralization, whose achievements were mixed: while the New Deal lifted the nation, its programs did as much to increase competition for special advantage as they did to encourage cooperation for the general welfare, and his wartime diplomacy ultimately failed to prevent the Cold War. The book contributes significantly to ongoing assessments of FDR's presidential record and renews our appreciation of his courage and vision. Customer Reviews (1)
The best book about Franklin Roosevelt I have read |
23. The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) by Richard D. Polenberg | |
Paperback: 251
Pages
(2000-01-21)
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imbalanced but strong Nevertheless, the book has three strong points that make it worthwhile.One, Polenberg includes a wide variety of primary sources:speeches, photographs, Supreme Court decisions, letters, posters, poems, songs, press conferences, etc.The sources also come from a range of people, left and right, "large and small."This makes the book particularly useful as a teaching tool for showing students how to tackle primary documents of all types. Two, in the book's imbalance lies its strongest element--it covers the Depression and the New Deal thoroughly, offering new perspectives and carving new dimensions.We hear from the Roosevelts, both Franklin and Eleanor.We read the views of writers John Steinbeck and Upton Sinclair, and of Roosevelt opponents Charles Coughlin and Huey Long.Administration officials provide their opinions on New Deal legislation (including the frequently ignored Federal Theatre Project).Dorothea Lange's photographs depict the misery and poverty of the Depression.Mexican-American, African-American, and Native American viewpoints also receive attention.Polenberg successfully draws documents to paint a multi-dimensional, in-depth portrait of the 1930s. And three, Polenberg concludes with a fine bibliography for further reading on the various topics of spanned by the documents. All in all, despite the weak coverage of World War II, the book is eminently useful for readers interested in the period and especially for teachers and students.Had Polenberg covered the war years in the same detail as the Depression/New Deal, this would be a thoroughly excellent sourcebook.Nevertheless, it is a worthwhile book and could function quite well in an AP history course, or as a complement to reading, say, David Kennedy's Freedom from Fear. ... Read more |
24. Sterling Biographies: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A National Hero (Sterling Biographies) by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen | |
Hardcover: 128
Pages
(2007-02-01)
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a great man |
25. Great Speeches (Dover Thrift Editions) by Franklin Delano Roosevelt | |
Paperback: 176
Pages
(1999-05-14)
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Excellent compilation... Highly recommended, as it gives us a glimpse into the difficult times of FDR's administration, and FDR himself. ... Read more |
26. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Conservation, 1911-1945 (Use and Abuse of America's Natural Resources) by Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
Hardcover:
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(1972-09)
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27. Debating Franklin D. Roosevelt's Foreign Policies, 1933-1945 (Debating Twentieth-Century America) by Justus D. Doenecke | |
Paperback: 248
Pages
(2005-07)
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28. Dear Mr. President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Letters from a Mill Town Girl by Elizabeth Winthrop | |
Hardcover: 153
Pages
(2001-10-10)
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29. That Man : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt by Robert H. Jackson, John Q. Barrett, William E. Leuchtenburg | |
Hardcover: 336
Pages
(2003-09-04)
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Everyday Reader
Robert Jackson Takes the Measure of FDR
A refreshing look at our 32nd President Jackson does not make any promises at the outset of the book except to be objective, and he certainly does meet this goal.Jackson describes FDR as President, Commander-in-Chief, and a human being, outlining his strengths as well as his weaknesses.Jackson makes no excuses for the President when his policies and knowledge did not seem to be best for the country (Jackson even criticizes FDR for his lack of economic knowledge and business sense). I enjoyed Jackson's writing style (he is considered by many to be one of the best authors to ever sit on the Supreme Court of the United States), and I found that the book was easy to read. I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in President Franklin Roosevelt - the stories and anecdotes given in the text make it highly readable, and the examples Jackson provides to detail his points are always logical and related to the subject at hand. ... Read more |
30. FDR, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in America, 1933-1945 (The World of the Roosevelts) | |
Hardcover: 295
Pages
(2003-09-13)
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31. The New Age of Franklin Roosevelt, 1932-1945 (The Chicago History of American Civilization) by Dexter Perkins | |
Paperback: 204
Pages
(1957-08-15)
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32. America in the Twenties and Thirties: The Olympian Age of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Sean Cashman | |
Paperback: 648
Pages
(1989-01-01)
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Editorial Review Book Description In this, the third volume of an interdisciplinary history of the United States since the Civil War, Sean Dennis Cashman provides a comprehensive review of politics and economics from the tawdry affluence of the 1920s throught the searing tragedy of the Great Depression to the achievements of the New Deal in providing millions with relief, job opportunities, and hope before America was poised for its ascent to globalism on the eve of World War II.The book concludes with an account of the sliding path to war as Europe and Asia became prey to the ambitions of Hitler and military opportunists in Japan. The book also surveys the creative achievements of America's lost generation of artists, writers, and intellectuals; continuing innovations in transportation and communications wrought by automobiles and airplanes, radio and motion pictures; the experiences of black Americans, labor, and America's different classes and ethnic groups; and the tragicomedy of national prohibition. The cast of characters includes FDR, the New Dealers, Eleanor Roosevelt, George W. Norris, William E. Borah, Huey Long, Henry Ford, Clarence Darrow, Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, W.E.B. DuBois, A. Philip Randolph, Orson Welles, Wendell Willkie, and the stars of radio and the silver screen. The first book in this series, America in the Gilded Age, is now accounted a classic for historiographical synthesis and stylisic polish.America in the Age of the Titans, covering the Progressive Era and World War I, and America in the Twenties and Thirties reveal the author's unerring grasp of various primary and secondary sources and his emphasis upon structures, individuals, and anecdotes about them.The book is lavishly illustrated with various prints, photographs, and reproductions from the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. |
33. Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Man, the Myth, the Era, 1882-1945 (Contributions in Political Science) | |
Hardcover: 426
Pages
(1987-12-04)
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34. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (The American Presidents) by Roy Jenkins | |
Hardcover: 208
Pages
(2003-11-04)
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skip this biography
Good, short, reverential biography
The Good Brief Book on Roosevelt
An Elegant Little Life Jenkins was an Englishman active in Labour politics for half a century, and his is a very British take on Roosevelt's life, which both works and doesn't work to Jenkins' advantage.It is always problematic when an author is not of the same nationality as the person he's writing about (William Manchester's still-to-be-completed biography of Churchill, for example, was much criticized by the British).Where Jenkins gains in giving us a new perspective on a oft-told tale, he sometimes loses in dragging in references to the subjects of his previous books (an occupational hazard of the prolific biographer) or comparing some American political situation to its British equivalent when the comparison is tenuous at best. Some of his more British asides are lost on the average American reader (as when he opines that the style and appearance of Groton, the prep school that Roosevelt attended, supposedly an imitation of Eton, "were much more like Cheltenham's or Marlborough's").Also, because the author died before he had the chance to read proof, the text is not as precise as it might have been had the author lived longer (there is at least one sentence that defeats my attempt to make sense of it grammatically - it starts on the 19th line of page 73 and begins with the words "In consequence..."). These reservations aside, I am impressed with Jenkins' ability to take a long and complicated life and condense it into the brief span of this American Presidents series, while still making it comprehensible.The shelves of libraries groan under the weight of the F.D.R. biographies out there, but if you're looking for a concise life that tells the story of the 32nd President from a unique point of view, you might want to try this book before tackling one of the heftier volumes.
An excellent final book for a quality biographer. It is amazing and disturbing to me the amount of enmity that some in this country express towards Roosevelt, bordering on delusional.What Roosevelt did for this country cannot be adequately expressed in a short biography, or in any book.Much of his pre-war accomplishments translated into an emotion of hope and optimism that moved to a sense of security during the war years. The author addresses and logically dismisses the paranoid charges that either Roosevelt and/or Churchill allowed Pearl Harbor to occur.As one who lived in Britain during the war, he demonstrates Roosevelt's importance to freeing the world of fascism, and unsettling Churchill's colonialist interests.Fanatical right wingers condemn Roosevelt for the Yalta agreement's failure to rid Poland of the Soviets.The author (actually the co-author who wrote the last few pages after the main author's death) notes that neither Roosevelt or Churchill are at fault since Stalin was already in full control of Poland with no intention of peacefully moving. My only criticism is the abruptness in which Eleanor Roosevelt is left out of the story.Of course, Mrs. Roosevelt is deserving of her own book that is not the point of this presidential series. It is a shame that more people will not read this book.I recently wrote a review of the NY Times plagiarist Jayson Blair's book and that received a few dozen responses.This is perhaps my fourth or fifth review of an American President series book and the total responses number only a handful.I reason that much more can be gotten out of reading quality biographies of worthy individuals than concerning ourselves with an immature nobody. ... Read more |
35. A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt by Geoffrey C. Ward | |
Hardcover: 889
Pages
(1992-03)
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Meeting FDR
A tour de force of research-- eye-opening!
Exceptionally interesting book In this second volume of Ward's Roosevelt trilogy, he illuminates FDR's dominating mother and the problems she caused between Franklin and Eleanor. One almost cringes when the obtrusive Sarah Roosevelt plans her son's honeymoon, buys homes for him (with connecting doors for her to intrude upon)and basically usurps FDR's own decision-making processes. Franklin Roosevelt was not a great man, or a particularly engrossing man when young. He achieved greatness only after tragedy befell him, but Ward sets the stage here for Roosevelt's later greatness. If you're interested in Roosevelt or the flighty, banal rich New York set of WWI and the Washington social scene, then this is your cup of tea. It is also a fine book.
Ward's first 2 books on FDR's life are a masterpiece. |
36. Remembering Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945: A celebration of his life and legacy (Roosevelt Study Center publications) | |
Unknown Binding: 46
Pages
(1995)
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37. The Dying President: Franklin D. Roosevelt 1944-1945 by Robert H. Ferrell | |
Hardcover: 185
Pages
(1998-03)
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Anorexically thin...
Better FDR in a Wheelchair than Dubya on a Horse Ferrell's thesis is that FDR's poor health made him largely ineffective during his last year.His doctors had recommended four-hour work days.Ferrell fails to note that FDR largely ignored his doctors mandates, and continued to submit himself to a punishing schedule which included exhausting summit trips, numerous press conferences, and a re-election campaign.He arbuably worked harder that the physically healthier George W. Bush, and may have worked himself literally to death. Ferrell's credibilty is obliterated by the ridiculous statement that FDR was nearly as incapacitated as was Woodrow Wilson in 1920.Wilson was a near vegetable following his stroke.But anyone who has read the minutes of the Yalta conference--which I doubt Ferrell has--will realize that despite his physical condition, FDR remained mentally sharp. There is no denying that FDR was in poor physical shape during his last 15 months in office.He suffered from congestive heart failure and high blood pressure.Ferrell also presents the theory, neither denying nor endorsing it, that FDR may have had melanoma and/or stomach cancer, but there is no evidence for that.What were the root causes of FDR's decline?Common sense points to diet and excercise.FDR's diet during the white house years left much to be desired. For example, the President breakfasted every morning on scrambled eggs and bacon.Of course, in the 1940s far less was known about the dangers of cholesterol that today.Despite his paralysis, FDR tried to remains physically active and healthy by swimming daily.(His correspondence with Daisy Suckley indicates that he was mildly preoccupied with his weight, and he tended to "yo-yo" in weight during his first two terms in office.) As the war made greater demands on his time, he abandoned his excercise routine, which was accompanied by weight gain, loss of upper body muscle tone, and increasing blood pressure. There is no doubt, also, that FDR husbanded his strength during his last year.He concentrated his work on two overriding goals: 1) Allied victory in World War II, with the greatest possible speed, and the smallest possible loss of Allied soldiers (four of whom were his own sons).2) The creation of the United Nations as a means of preventing a Third World War, which FDR knew humanity would not survive. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was successful on both counts.
Worthwhile reading for our times The purpose of this book is not simply to drive home the point that Roosevelt was a dying man when he ran for a fourth term.The point of this book is about collective denial. The fact that most of the country suffered from it, used it, and both benefitted from it in some ways, and paid for it in others.Collective denial isn't much different from individual denial.It is a powerful mechanism that existed not only in the relationship between FDR and the country, but between FDR and himself. It also is the mechanism that allowed the United States to fight WWII to "make the world safe for democracy," while at the same time the country was somehow unaware of its own racist, anti-democratic values.Ferrell's book should be read within the context of the times, so that it may shed light on ours.
Sloppy and Depressing
Disappointing and poorly constructed. |
38. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Foreign Affairs (Belknap Press) by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Edgar B. Nixon | |
Hardcover: 1939
Pages
(1969-01-01)
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39. Franklin D. Roosevelt: America's 32nd President (Encyclopedia of Presidents. Second Series) by Barbara Silberdick Feinberg | |
Library Binding: 110
Pages
(2005-06-30)
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40. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Preserver of Spirit And Hope (First Men, America's Presidents) by Barbara Bennett Peterson | |
Hardcover: 314
Pages
(2006-11-30)
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