{"product_id":"fdr-9780755637164","title":"FDR","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIwan Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of US Studies emeritus at the Institute of the Americas, University College London, UK. He is also a distinguished fellow of the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, UK. He was the recipient of the British Association of American Studies Honorary Fellowship in 2014, and winner of the Richard Neustadt Book Prize in 2010. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eReagan: American Icon\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), named by \u003ci\u003eThe Times\/Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e as a Politics Book of the Year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A] \u003cb\u003esuperb study\u003c\/b\u003e of the way FDR successfully created a presidency that could renew America. -- Tony Badger * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eThis is not the same old stuff about Franklin Roosevelt.  Iwan Morgan has given us a more thoughtful and thorough examination of FDR as politician than many of the political biographies written in the last score of years.  Using a topical approach... FDR emerges as a wise man, though occasionally with feet of clay.  The persuasive and comprehensive epilogue pulls all the various topics -- economic reform, political economy, race relations, party politics, foreign policy and the 2nd World War, et al. -- neatly together. * Warren F. Kimball, Robert Treat Professor of History (emeritus), Rutgers University. USA *\u003cbr\u003eIn his fresh and highly original examination of an old, familiar figure, Iwan Morgan reveals why Franklin Roosevelt must be regarded as the inventor of the presidency as we know it today. Other presidents had been strong leaders, but Morgan convincingly argues that it was FDR who institutionalized the chief executive as the federal government’s center of power. Morgan’s crisply argued book is an expert guide to one of the most transformational figures in American history. * Andrew Preston, author of American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction (2019) *\u003cbr\u003eIwan Morgan’s new book is a deeply knowledgeable and important study of FDR’s transformational presidency.  Today, as the United States strives to recover from the aberrant presidency of Donald Trump and as autocracies arise around the world,  Morgan’s absorbing examination of FDR’s political skills and moral vision of democracy could hardly be more timely and urgent. * Susan Dunn, author of '1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler — the Election Amid the Storm' *\u003cbr\u003eWashington inaugurated the presidency and Lincoln sustained it, but as Iwan Morgan convincingly demonstrates in this important full assessment, Franklin Delano Roosevelt forged the office we know today.  FDR’s was ‘an heroic presidency,’ Morgan tells us, and this thoughtful and timely book will be the go-to volume for understanding this presidential great for years to come. * Jeffrey A. Engel, Director of the Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University, USA *\u003cbr\u003eIwan Morgan has written a stunning account of how Franklin Roosevelt guided his country out of depression and through a world war. Morgan shows that strong, effective, and benevolent leadership is possible in a democracy, despite continued partisanship and demagoguery by detractors. He gives us a pragmatic and courageous Roosevelt who transformed the meaning of leadership in his time, and we must again in our own. * Jeremi Suri Author of 'The Impossible Presidency' (2017) *\u003cbr\u003eIn FDR, Iwan Morgan has pulled off a rare feat of scholarly virtuosity, somehow covering the sweep of FDR’s life and re-invention of the American presidency both concisely and precisely. Organized around the different ‘hats’ worn by modern presidents – a wardrobe FDR expanded and in some cases created – the book synthesizes a vast array of research into a vivid and hugely-readable narrative. Morgan paints a portrait of the rare leader with an instinct for short-term improvisation in service of a long-term vision. FDR’s successors would do well to learn both lessons. * Andrew Rudalevige, Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Government,  Bowdoin College, USA *\u003cbr\u003eAfter his masterful 2016 biography of the most iconic conservative US president of the twentieth century, Ronald Reagan, it is fitting that Iwan Morgan has now produced this exciting new study of the most iconic liberal president, Franklin Roosevelt.  In this analytically vibrant and elegantly written work, Professor Morgan explores how FDR transformed America by transforming the institution of the presidency.  This is a superb book by the UK's foremost authority on the modern American presidency. * Mark White, Professor of History, Queen Mary University of London, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003ePrologue: FDR and the American Presidency\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e1        FDR’s Pre-Presidency: The Making of a Leader\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e2        Chief Legislator: FDR and the Hundred Days\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e3        New Dealer: FDR and Socio-Economic Reform\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e4        Economic Manager: FDR’s Political Economy\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e5        Second Emancipator: FDR and African Americans\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e6        Chief Administrator: FDR’s Institutional Presidency\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e7        Constitutional Revolutionary:  FDR and the Supreme Court\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e8        Party Leader: FDR and the Democrats\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e9        Communicator-in-Chief: FDR’s Public Presidency\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e10      Chief Diplomat: FDR as Foreign Policy Leader\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e11      Commander-in-Chief: Structures and Strategies\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e12      Commander-in-Chief: Arsenals and Alliances\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e13      Practical Visionary: FDR’s National-Security Presidency\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eEpilogue: FDR’s Presidential Legacy – Truman to Biden\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelect bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865785872727,"sku":"9780755637164","price":33.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780755637164.jpg?v=1722275560","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fdr-9780755637164","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}