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The Politics of Upheaval: 1935-1936 (Age of Roosevelt, Vol 3)
The Politics of Upheaval 19351936 - Age of Roosevelt, Vol 3 Author:Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. The Politics of Upheaval, 1935-36, volume 3 of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s Age of Roosevelt series, concentrates on the turbulent concluding years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1st term. — A measure of economic recovery revived political conflict and emboldened FDR's cri... more »tics to denounce "that man in the White house." To his left were demagogues -- Huey Long, Father Coughlin and Dr. Townsend. To his right were the champions of the old order -- ex-president Herbert Hoover, the American Liberty League, and the august Supreme Court.
For a time, the New Deal seemed to lose its momentum. But in 1935 FDR rallied and produced a legislative record even more impressive than the Hundred Days of 1933 -- a set of statutes that transformed the social & economic landscape of American life. In 1936 FDR coasted to reelection on a landslide.
Schlesinger has his usual touch with colorful personalities and draws a warmly sympathetic portrait of Alf M. Landon, the Republican candidate of 1936.« less