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020    0300190867 |qhardback
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050 00 E811 |b.D86 2013
100 1  Dunn, Susan, |d1945-
245 10 1940 : |bFDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler--the election amid the storm / |cSusan Dunn.
246 3  Nineteen forty
264  1 New Haven [Conn.] : |bYale University Press, |c2013.
300    viii, 418 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations ; |c25 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
520    "In 1940, against the explosive backdrop of the Nazi onslaught in Europe, two farsighted candidates for the U.S. presidency--Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for an unprecedented third term, and talented Republican businessman Wendell Willkie--found themselves on the defensive against American isolationists and their charismatic spokesman Charles Lindbergh, who called for surrender to Hitler's demands. In this dramatic account of that turbulent and consequential election, historian Susan Dunn brings to life the debates, the high-powered players, and the dawning awareness of the Nazi threat as the presidential candidates engaged in their own battle for supremacy. 1940 not only explores the contest between FDR and Willkie but also examines the key preparations for war that went forward, even in the midst of that divisive election season. The book tells an inspiring story of the triumph of American democracy in a world reeling from fascist barbarism, and it offers a compelling alternative scenario to today's hyperpartisan political arena, where common ground seems unattainable"-- |cProvided by publisher.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 Presidents |zUnited States |xElection |y1940.
600 10 Roosevelt, Franklin D. |q(Franklin Delano), |d1882-1945.
600 10 Willkie, Wendell L. |q(Wendell Lewis), |d1892-1944.
600 10 Lindbergh, Charles A. |q(Charles Augustus), |d1902-1974.
651  0 United States |xPolitics and government |y1933-1945.
650  0 Isolationism |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century.
852 0   |bstacks |hE811 |i.D86 2013