- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Hamby, Alonzo L.
- Published
- New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015
- Locale
- United States
- Contents
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Part I. Becoming FDR
"The best people": family and identity, 1882-1896
Young gentleman: schooldays, 1896-1904
Eleanor and Franklin: marriage, family, job, 1904-1910
Insurgent progressive, 1910-1913
Riding in front: Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-1914
Armageddon: the Great War, 1914-1919
Victory in defeat, 1919-1921
Paralysis and philanthropy, 1920-1928
The young prince returns, 1922-1928
Chief executive: power in Albany, 1929-1932
Destiny calls: the quest for the presidency, January-July, 1932
Much to fear: election and interregnum, July, 1932-March, 1933
Part II. The New Deal
Nothing to fear: creating a New Deal, March-July, 1933
Unlimited ambitions, limited achievement: the First New deal, July, 1933-November, 1934
Presidential government, the politics of maximum leadership, 1933-1934
Toward "a new order of things": origins of the Second New Deal, 1935
Rendezvous with destiny: the Second New Deal and the triumph of 1936
"Panic and lack of confidence": the economic and political consequences of the second hundred days, 1937-39
Part III. The world at war
Winds of war, 1933-1939
Private plans and public danger, September, 1939-November, 1940
Undeclared war, December 7, 1940-December 7, 1941
Commander-in-chief of the United Nations, December, 1941-January, 1943
Dr. New Deal at bay: mobilization and mortality, 1942-44
War and diplomacy, February, 1943-June 1944
Indispensable man, June 6, 1944-November 7, 1944
The quest for a new world order, November 8, 1944-April 15, 1945
Epilogue: FDR and the american century.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-484) and index.
Part I. Becoming FDR -- "The best people": family and identity, 1882-1896 -- Young gentleman: schooldays, 1896-1904 -- Eleanor and Franklin: marriage, family, job, 1904-1910 -- Insurgent progressive, 1910-1913 -- Riding in front: Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-1914 -- Armageddon: the Great War, 1914-1919 -- Victory in defeat, 1919-1921 -- Paralysis and philanthropy, 1920-1928 -- The young prince returns, 1922-1928 -- Chief executive: power in Albany, 1929-1932 -- Destiny calls: the quest for the presidency, January-July, 1932 -- Much to fear: election and interregnum, July, 1932-March, 1933 -- Part II. The New Deal -- Nothing to fear: creating a New Deal, March-July, 1933 -- Unlimited ambitions, limited achievement: the First New deal, July, 1933-November, 1934 -- Presidential government, the politics of maximum leadership, 1933-1934 -- Toward "a new order of things": origins of the Second New Deal, 1935 -- Rendezvous with destiny: the Second New Deal and the triumph of 1936 -- "Panic and lack of confidence": the economic and political consequences of the second hundred days, 1937-39 -- Part III. The world at war -- Winds of war, 1933-1939 -- Private plans and public danger, September, 1939-November, 1940 -- Undeclared war, December 7, 1940-December 7, 1941 -- Commander-in-chief of the United Nations, December, 1941-January, 1943 -- Dr. New Deal at bay: mobilization and mortality, 1942-44 -- War and diplomacy, February, 1943-June 1944 -- Indispensable man, June 6, 1944-November 7, 1944 -- The quest for a new world order, November 8, 1944-April 15, 1945 -- Epilogue: FDR and the american century.