FDR's world
Subtitle: war, peace, and legacies
By: edited by David B. Woolner, Warren F. Kimball, and David Reynolds.
Contributors: Woolner, David B., 1955-; Kimball, Warren F.; Reynolds, David, 1952-
Series: The world of the Roosevelts
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- 1882-1945; Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- 1882-1945 -- Influence; World War, 1939-1945 -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history; National security -- United States -- History; Aeronautics, Commercial -- History -- 20th century; Presidents -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Based on the proceedings of two conferences: "In the shadow of FDR: how Roosevelt's wartime leadership shaped the postwar world" organized by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and held in 2005; and "Roosevelt and Churchill: the legacy of two statesmen" organized jointly with the Churchill Centre, Washington, D.C. and held in 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: FDR's foreign policy and the construction of American history, 1945-1955 / David Reynolds; title: FDR and the "world wide arena" / Alan K. Henrikson; title: FDR and the origins of the national security establishment / Mark Stoler; title: The sheriffs : FDR's postwar world / Warren F. Kimball; title: FDR and the "colonial question" / Lloyd Gardner; title: FDR and the "China question" / Michael Schaller; title: FDR's new economic order / Randall Woods; title: FDR and post-war commercial aviation : legacy or loss? / Alan Dobson; title: FDR's worldviews, 1941-1945 / Walter LaFeber; title: Epilogue : FDR, reflections on legacy and leadership, the view from 2007 / David B. Woolner.