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050 00 E807 |b.B58 2003
100 1  Black, Conrad.
245 10 Franklin Delano Roosevelt : |bchampion of freedom / |cConrad Black.
250    First edition.
264  1 New York : |bPublic Affairs, |c[2003]
264  4  |c©2003
300    viii, 1280 pages : |billustrations ; |c25 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 1187-1214) and index.
505 0  The predestined squire, 1882-1932 -- The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1932-1938 -- Toward the rendezvous with destiny- undeclared war, 1938-1941 -- Day of infamy and years of courage, 1941-1944 -- Pax Americana, 1944-.
520    Franklin Delano Roosevelt stands astride American history like a colossus, having pulled the nation out of the Great Depression and led it to victory in the Second World War. Elected to four terms as president, he transformed an inward-looking country into the greatest superpower the world had ever known. Only Abraham Lincoln did more to save America from destruction. But FDR is such a large figure that historians tend to take him as part of the landscape, focusing on smaller aspects of his achievements or carping about where he ought to have done things differently. Few have tried to assess the totality of FDR's life and career. In this biography, Conrad Black makes the case that FDR was the most important person of the twentieth century, transforming his nation and the world through his unparalleled skill as a domestic politician, war leader, strategist, and global visionary--all of which he accomplished despite a physical infirmity that could easily have ended his public life at age thirty-nine. Black also takes on the great critics of FDR, especially those who accuse him of betraying the West at Yalta. Black opens a new chapter in our understanding of this great man, whose example is even more inspiring as a new generation embarks on its own rendezvous with destiny.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
600 10 Roosevelt, Franklin D. |q(Franklin Delano), |d1882-1945.
650  0 Presidents |zUnited States |vBiography.
655  7 Biographies. |2lcgft
776 08  |iOnline version:Black, Conrad. |tFranklin Delano Roosevelt. |b1st ed. |dNew York : Public Affairs, c2003 |w(OCoLC)608367948
852 0   |bstacks |hE807 |i.B58 2003