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''[A] superb study of the way FDR successfully created a presidency that could renew America'' - Times Literary Supplement

One of the greatest American presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt built a coalition of labour, ethnic, urban, low-income and African American voters that underwrote the Democratic Party's national ascendancy from the 1930s to the 1980s. Over his four terms, he promoted the New Deal the greatest reform programme in US history to meet the challenges of the Great Depression, led the United States to the brink of victory in the Second World War, and established the modern presidency as the driving force of American politics and government.

Iwan Morgan takes a fresh look at FDR, showing how his leadership enabled the United States of America to become the most successful country of the twentieth century. This astute and original assessment of a highly consequential presidency explains how Roosevelt enhanced the governing capacity of hi

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 5/30/2024
      ISBN-13 9781350447950
      978-1350447950
      ISBN-10 1350447951
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''[A] superb study of the way FDR successfully created a presidency that could renew America'' - Times Literary Supplement

      One of the greatest American presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt built a coalition of labour, ethnic, urban, low-income and African American voters that underwrote the Democratic Party's national ascendancy from the 1930s to the 1980s. Over his four terms, he promoted the New Deal the greatest reform programme in US history to meet the challenges of the Great Depression, led the United States to the brink of victory in the Second World War, and established the modern presidency as the driving force of American politics and government.

      Iwan Morgan takes a fresh look at FDR, showing how his leadership enabled the United States of America to become the most successful country of the twentieth century. This astute and original assessment of a highly consequential presidency explains how Roosevelt enhanced the governing capacity of hi

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