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Search - Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life

Franklin D Roosevelt A Political Life
Author: Robert Dallek

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and NPR — ?We come to see in FDR the magisterial, central figure in the greatest and richest political tapestry of our nation?s entire history? ?Nigel Hamilton, Boston Globe — ?Meticulously researched and authoritative? ?Douglas Brinkley, The Washington Post — ?A workmanlike addition to the liter... more »ature on Roosevelt.? ?David Nasaw, The New York Times

?Dallek offers an FDR relevant to our sharply divided nation? ?Michael Kazin

?Will rank among the standard biographies of its subject? ?Publishers Weekly

A one-volume biography of Roosevelt by the #1 New York Times bestselling biographer of JFK, focusing on his career as an incomparable politician, uniter, and deal maker

In an era of such great national divisiveness, there could be no more timely biography of one of our greatest presidents than one that focuses on his unparalleled political ability as a uniter and consensus maker. Robert Dallek?s Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life takes a fresh look at the many compelling questions that have attracted all his biographers: how did a man who came from so privileged a background become the greatest presidential champion of the country?s needy? How did someone who never won recognition for his intellect foster revolutionary changes in the country?s economic and social institutions? How did Roosevelt work such a profound change in the country?s foreign relations?

For FDR, politics was a far more interesting and fulfilling pursuit than the management of family fortunes or the indulgence of personal pleasure, and by the time he became president, he had commanded the love and affection of millions of people. While all Roosevelt?s biographers agree that the onset of polio at the age of thirty-nine endowed him with a much greater sense of humanity, Dallek sees the affliction as an insufficient explanation for his transformation into a masterful politician who would win an unprecedented four presidential terms, initiate landmark reforms that changed the American industrial system, and transform an isolationist country into an international superpower.

Dallek attributes FDR?s success to two remarkable political insights. First, unlike any other president, he understood that effectiveness in the American political system depended on building a national consensus and commanding stable long-term popular support. Second, he made the presidency the central, most influential institution in modern America?s political system. In addressing the country?s international and domestic problems, Roosevelt recognized the vital importance of remaining closely attentive to the full range of public sentiment around policy-making decisions?perhaps FDR?s most enduring lesson in effective leadership.

ISBN-13: 9780143111214
ISBN-10: 0143111213
Publication Date: 11/6/2018
Pages: 704
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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Genres:

Biographies & Memoirs >> Historical >> United States
Biographies & Memoirs >> Leaders & Notable People >> Presidents & Heads of State >> U.S. Presidents
History >> Americas >> United States
Nonfiction >> Politics >> History & Theory

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