Richard Moe

Roosevelt's Second ACT

The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Filling a gap in presidential history, Roosevelt's Second Act uncovers in complex detail what lay behind Roosevelt's decision to stand for an unprecedented third term, and examines the multiplicity of conflicting forces at work on him.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 137mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780190266288
• ISBN-10: 0190266287
• Artikelnr.: 47863482

Autorenporträt

Richard Moe was president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1993-2010, chief of staff to Vice President Walter Mondale, and served on President Jimmy Carter's senior staff. His books include The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers and Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl. He lives in Washington, D.C. and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Inhaltsangabe

* Note to the Paperback Edition * Introduction
History Repeating Itself * Chapter 1
Prelude to War * Chapter 2
Succession * Chapter 3
Methods Short of War * Chapter 4
Redefining Neutrality * Chapter 5
The Sphinx * Chapter 6
A Year of Consequence * Chapter 7
A Hurricane of Events * Chapter 8
The Republicans * Chapter 9
The Decision * Chapter 10
Preparing for the Showdown * Chapter 11
Chicago
Following the Script * Chapter 12
Chicago
Unscripted * Chapter 13
Drafts and Destroyers * Chapter 14
The Pivot * Chapter 15
To the Finish Line * Epilogue
The Mandate