Man of destiny
Subtitle: FDR and the making of the American century
By: Alonzo L. Hamby
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780465028603
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; New Deal, 1933-1939; Biography; World War, 1939-1945
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-484) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Becoming FDR; title: "The best people": family and identity, 1882-1896; title: Young gentleman: schooldays, 1896-1904; title: Eleanor and Franklin: marriage, family, job, 1904-1910; title: Insurgent progressive, 1910-1913; title: Riding in front: Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-1914; title: Armageddon: the Great War, 1914-1919; title: Victory in defeat, 1919-1921; title: Paralysis and philanthropy, 1920-1928; title: The young prince returns, 1922-1928; title: Chief executive: power in Albany, 1929-1932; title: Destiny calls: the quest for the presidency, January-July, 1932; title: Much to fear: election and interregnum, July, 1932-March, 1933; title: Part II. The New Deal; title: Nothing to fear: creating a New Deal, March-July, 1933; title: Unlimited ambitions, limited achievement: the First New deal, July, 1933-November, 1934; title: Presidential government, the politics of maximum leadership, 1933-1934; title: Toward "a new order of things": origins of the Second New Deal, 1935; title: Rendezvous with destiny: the Second New Deal and the triumph of 1936; title: "Panic and lack of confidence": the economic and political consequences of the second hundred days, 1937-39; title: Part III. The world at war; title: Winds of war, 1933-1939; title: Private plans and public danger, September, 1939-November, 1940; title: Undeclared war, December 7, 1940-December 7, 1941; title: Commander-in-chief of the United Nations, December, 1941-January, 1943; title: Dr. New Deal at bay: mobilization and mortality, 1942-44; title: War and diplomacy, February, 1943-June 1944; title: Indispensable man, June 6, 1944-November 7, 1944; title: The quest for a new world order, November 8, 1944-April 15, 1945; title: Epilogue: FDR and the American century.