“I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people. “Throughout the nation men and women, forgotten in the political philosophy of the Government, look to us here for guidance and for more equitable opportunity to share in the distribution of national wealth,” Roosevelt said when he accepted the Democratic party’s nomination. Across the country, millions were homeless, farms were failing, industrial production was declining, and banks had shut their doors. In 1932, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt campaigned for the United States presidency, the country was in the darkest days of its deepest depression. Brands reviews president’s command performance, popular appeal and Depression-era policies TRAITOR TO HIS CLASS brilliantly captures the qualities that have made him a beloved hero and a pivotal figure to millions of Americans.Historian H.W. This year's presidential hopefuls have eagerly invoked Roosevelt's leadership and vision in their campaigns. Most of all, the book traces in breathtaking detail FDR's revolutionary efforts with his New Deal legislation to alter the very fabric of the American economy in order to save it, his forcefuland cageyleadership up to and during World War II, and his lasting legacy in creating the foundations of a postwar Europe. He explores the, at times, prickly resistance and unusual partnership between FDR and his wife, Eleanor.
Brands examines the role of FDR's uncle Theodore Roosevelt in the shaping of Roosevelt's political aspirations, and the powerful influence of his dominating and overly protective … More mother. Born into wealth and privilege, FDR became the nation's greatest champion of the poor and down-and-out.
Brands offers a compelling and intimate portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's life and career, revealing the inner strengths as well as the unerring political instincts that shaped him, and helped to save America in its darkest hour. Description: Drawing on archival materials, public speeches, personal correspondence, and accounts by family and close associates, the acclaimed bestselling historian and biographer H.
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