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Man of destiny : FDR and the making of the American century
- Title
- Man of destiny : FDR and the making of the American century / Alonzo L. Hamby.
- Author
- Hamby, Alonzo L.
- Publication
- New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
- ©2015
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | ILH 16-1985 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- x, 500 pages; 25 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-484) and index.
- Contents
- Part I. Becoming FDR -- "The best people": family and identity, 1882-1896 -- Young gentleman: schooldays, 1896-1904 -- Eleanor and Franklin: marriage, family, job, 1904-1910 -- Insurgent progressive, 1910-1913 -- Riding in front: Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-1914 -- Armageddon: the Great War, 1914-1919 -- Victory in defeat, 1919-1921 -- Paralysis and philanthropy, 1921-1928 -- The young prince returns, 1922-1928 -- Chief executive: power in Albany, 1929-1932 -- Destiny calls: the quest for the presidency, January-July, 1932 -- Much to fear: election and interregnum, July, 1932-March, 1933 -- Part II. The New Deal -- Nothing to fear: creating a New Deal, March-July, 1933 -- Unlimited ambitions, limited achievement: the First New deal, July, 1933-November, 1934 -- Presidential government, the politics of maximum leadership, 1933-1934 -- Toward "a new order of things": origins of the Second New Deal, 1935 -- Rendezvous with destiny: the Second New Deal and the triumph of 1936 -- "Panic and lack of confidence": the economic and political consequences of the second hundred days, 1937-1939 -- Part III. The world at war -- Winds of war, 1933-1939 -- Private plans and public danger, September, 1939-November, 1940 -- Undeclared war, December 7, 1940-December 7, 1941 -- Commander-in-chief of the United Nations, December, 1941-January, 1943 -- Dr. New Deal at bay: mobilization and mortality, 1942-1944 -- War and diplomacy, February, 1943-June 1944 -- Indispensable man, June 6, 1944-November 7, 1944 -- The quest for a new world order, November 8, 1944-April 15, 1945 -- Epilogue: FDR and the American century.
- Call Number
- ILH 16-1985
- ISBN
- 9780465028603
- 0465028608
- LCCN
- 2015007617
- OCLC
- 904335544
- Author
- Hamby, Alonzo L.
- Title
- Man of destiny : FDR and the making of the American century / Alonzo L. Hamby.
- Publisher
- New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-484) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1933 - 1945
- Research Call Number
- ILH 16-1985