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Final victory : FDR's extraordinary World War II presidential campaign
- Title
- Final victory : FDR's extraordinary World War II presidential campaign / Stanley Weintraub.
- Author
- Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-2019.
- Publication
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press/Perseus Books Group, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 318 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- When the wartime 1944 presidential election campaign geared up late that spring, Franklin D. Roosevelt had already occupied the White House years longer than any other president. Sensing likely weakness, the Republicans mounted an energetic and expensive campaign, hitting hard at FDR's liberal domestic policies and the war's ongoing cost. Despite gravely deteriorating health, FDR and his feisty running mate, the unexpected Harry Truman, campaigned vigorously against young governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and old-line Ohio governor John Bricker. Roosevelt's charm and wit, as well as the military successes in Europe and the Pacific, contributed to his sweeping electoral victory. But the hard-fought campaign would soon take its toll on America's only four-term president.
- Alternative Title
- FDR's extraordinary World War II presidential campaign
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-306) and index.
- Contents
- Bungled beginnings -- The Missouri compromise -- Fighting the fourth term -- Commander-in-chief -- "Roosevelt's dog and Dewey's goat" -- Misremembering Pearl Harbor -- Facing the nation -- The service vote -- The closing weeks -- The last stretch -- Election day.
- Call Number
- IBM 12-6124
- ISBN
- 9780306821134 (hbk.)
- 0306821133 (hbk.)
- 9780306821127 (ebk.)
- 0306821125 (ebk.)
- LCCN
- 2011047065
- OCLC
- 744287559
- Author
- Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-2019.
- Title
- Final victory : FDR's extraordinary World War II presidential campaign / Stanley Weintraub.
- Imprint
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press/Perseus Books Group, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-306) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IBM 12-6124