The improbable Wendell Willkie
Subtitle: the businessman who saved the Republican Party and his country, and conceived a new world order
By: David Levering Lewis
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton and Company
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780871404572
Subjects: Politics and government; Politicians; Biography; Presidential candidates
Description: Presents the story of the 1940s Wall Street attorney and presidential candidate to explore his advocacy of civil rights, promotion of America's involvement in international politics, and enduring legacy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Elwood, August 17, 1940; title: "Grass-roots stuff"; title: Puerto Rico to Commonwealth & Southern; title: Willkie v. FDR: the politics of business, the business of politics; title: 1940: political science and serendipity; title: The Philadelphia story; title: Saving the GOP to save freedom; title: Pas de deux: Willkie and Roosevelt; title: Exceptionalism at work; title: One world or nothing; title: 1944; title: not this time.