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FDR : The First Hundred Days

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Anthony J. Badger
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Book, 1st ed, Hill and Wang, 2008
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The Hundred Days, Franklin Roosevelt?s first fifteen weeks in office, have become the stuff of legend, a mythic yardstick against which every subsequent American president has felt obliged to measure himself. Reintroducing the contingency that marked those fateful days, Badger humanizes Roosevelt and suggests a far more useful yardstick for future presidents: the politics of the possible under the guidance of principle. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · New Deal, 1933-1939 · United States · Economic conditions · 1918-1945 · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · Badger, Anthony J
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Nothing To Fear : FDR’s Inner Circle And The Hundred Days That Created Modern America

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Adam Cohen
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Book, Penguin Press, 2009
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A revealing account of the critical first days of FDR?s presidency, during the worst moments of the Great Depression, when he and his inner circle launched the New Deal and presided over the birth of modern America Nothing to Fear brings to life a fulcrum moment in American history?the tense, feverish first one hundred days of FDR?s presidency, when he and his inner circle swept away the old order and reinvented the role of the federal government. Adam Cohen offers an illuminating group portrait of the five members of FDR?s inner circle who played the greatest roles in this unprecedented transformation, revealing in turn what their personal dynamics suggest about FDR?s leadership style. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · Friends and associates · Moley, Raymond, · 1886-1975 · Perkins, Frances, · 1880-1965 · Douglas, Lewis W. · (Lewis Williams), · 1894-1974 · Wallace, Henry A. · (Henry Agard), · 1888-1965 · Hopkins, Harry L. · (Harry Lloyd), · 1890-1946 · New Deal, 1933-1939 · United States · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · Economic policy · Social conditions · Cohen, Adam
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FDR V. The Constitution : The Court-packing Fight And The Triumph Of Democracy

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Burt Solomon
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Book, 1st U.S. ed, Walker & Co, 2009
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The fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of Franklin Roosevelt?s attempt to pack the Supreme Court has special resonance today as we debate the limits of presidential authority. Burt Solomon skillfully recounts the major New Deal initiatives of FDR?s first term and the rulings that overturned them, chronicling as well the politics and personalities on the Supreme Court?from the brilliant octogenarian Louis Brandeis, to the politically minded chief justice, Charles Evans Hughes, to the mercurial Roberts, whose ?switch in time saved nine.? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · United States. · Supreme Court · History · 20th century · Judges · Selection and appointment · United States · Law · Political aspects · 20th century · Executive power · Separation of powers · Constitutional history · Democracy · Political culture · Washington (D.C.) · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · Solomon, Burt
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Traitor To His Class : The Privileged Life And Radical Presidency Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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H.W. Brands
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Book, 1st ed, Doubleday, 2008
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Brands and Jon Meacham (author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House) on the similarities of their presidential subjects and how the legacies of FDR and Jackson continue to shape the political world we see today. It is difficult to imagine men from more starkly different backgrounds?to take just one example, Jackson lost his mother early, and FDR was long shaped by his mother?but they both viewed the presidency the same way: they both believed they should be in it, wielding power on behalf of the masses against entrenched interests. Amazon.com: How important was Jackson’s legacy to FDR’s Presidency? Brands: Jackson was FDR?s favorite president, and Jackson?s presidency was the one Roosevelt initially modeled his own after. FDR saw Jackson as the champion of the ordinary people of America; FDR hailed from a wealthy and politically-connected family, while Jackson was an orphaned son of immigrants. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · Presidents · United States · Biography · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · Brands, H. W
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Nature’s New Deal : The Civilian Conservation Corps And The Roots Of The American Environmental Movement

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Neil M. Maher
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Book, Oxford University Press, 2008
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Indeed, Roosevelt addressed both the economic and environmental crises by putting Americans to work at conserving natural resources, through the Soil Conservation Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Civilian Conservation Corps (or CCC). From the colorful life at CCC camps, to political discussions in the White House and the philosophical debates dating back to John Muir and Frederick Law Olmsted, Nature’s New Deal captures a key moment in the emergence of modern environmentalism. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) · History · Conservation of natural resources · United States · New Deal, 1933-1939 · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · Maher, Neil M., 1964-
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The Segregated Origins Of Social Security : African Americans And The Welfare State

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Mary Poole
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Book, University of North Carolina Press, 2006
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Meticulously reconstructing the behind-the-scenes politicking that gave birth to the 1935 Social Security Act, Poole demonstrates that segregation was built into the very foundation of the welfare state because white policy makers–both liberal and conservative–shared an interest in preserving white race privilege. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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African Americans · Economic conditions · 20th century · Government policy · History · 20th century · Segregation · Social security · United States · Race discrimination · Welfare state · Racism · Political aspects · Depressions · 1929 · New Deal, 1933-1939 · Social policy · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · Poole, Mary, 1960-
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The Defining Moment : FDR’s Hundred Days And The Triumph Of Hope

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Jonathan Alter
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Book, Simon & Schuster, 2006
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in March of 1933 as America touched bottom. Facing the gravest crisis since the Civil War, FDR used his cagey political instincts and ebullient temperament in the storied first Hundred Days of his presidency to pull off an astonishing conjuring act that lifted the country and saved both democracy and capitalism. In a major historical find, Alter unearths the draft of a radio speech in which Roosevelt considered enlisting a private army of American Legion veterans on his first day in office. As he moved both right and left, Roosevelt’s insistence on “action now” did little to cure the Depression, but he began to rewrite the nation’s social contract and lay the groundwork for his most ambitious achievements, including Social Security. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · Presidents · United States · Biography · New Deal, 1933-1939 · Election · 1932 · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · Economic policy · Social conditions · Alter, Jonathan
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The FDR Years

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William D. Pederson
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Book, Facts on File, 2006
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · Friends and associates · Politicians · United States · Biography · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · History · Pederson, William D., 1946-
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FDR And The Soviet Union : The President’s Battles Over Foreign Policy

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Mary E. Glantz
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Book, University Press of Kansas, 2005
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Throughout his presidency, Franklin Roosevelt was determined to pursue a peaceful accommodation with an increasingly powerful Soviet Union, an inclination reinforced by the onset of world war. Focusing on the conflicts between a president who sought close relations between the two nations and the diplomatic and military officers who opposed them, she shows how these career officers were able to resist and shape presidential policy-and how their critical views helped shape the parameters of the subsequent Cold War. A case study in foreign relations, high-level policymaking, and civil-military relations, FDR and the Soviet Union enlarges our understanding of the ideologies and events that set the stage for the Cold War. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · World War, 1939-1945 · Diplomatic history · United States · Foreign relations · Soviet Union · 1933-1945 · 1929-1933 · Politics and government · 1917-1936 · 1936-1953 · Glantz, Mary E
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Backlash : The Killing Of The New Deal

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Robert Shogan
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Book, Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2006
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Within a year of FDR taking office, two seismic events would transform the political landscape: a nationwide outbreak of labor unrest, particularly the spread of a new and potent union weapon, the sit-down strike, and FDR’s launching of a scheme to overhaul the Supreme Court would combine to generate a fierce public backlash that tarnished Roosevelt’s mystique and drained the lifeblood from the New Deal. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · United States. · Supreme Court · History · 20th century · New Deal, 1933-1939 · Judges · Selection and appointment · United States · Sit-down strikes · Labor unions · Political activity · Working class · Political culture · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · Shogan, Robert
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The New Deal

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Paul K. Conkin
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Book, 3rd ed, Harlan Davidson, 1992
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Demonstrating the intellectual excitement that is the practice of history at its best, Paul Conkin’s The New Deal is still one of the best known titles in the very popular American History Series, edited by John Hope Franklin and A. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · New Deal, 1933-1939 · United States · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · Social policy · Conkin, Paul Keith
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(LOWER LEVEL) E806 .C6 1992 AVAILABLE

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Five Days In Philadelphia : The Amazing "We Want Wilkie!" Convention Of 1940 And How It Freed FDR To Save The Western World

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Charles Peters
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Book, 1st ed, Public Affairs, 2005
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There were four strong contenders when the Republican party met in June of 1940 in Philadelphia to nominate its candidate for president: the crusading young attorney and rising Republican star Tom Dewey, solid members of the Republican establishment Robert Taft and Arthur Vandenberg, and dark horse Wendell Willkie, utilities executive, favorite of the literati and only very recently even a Republican. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Willkie, Wendell L. · (Wendell Lewis), · 1892-1944 · Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · Republican National Convention · (1940 : · Philadelphia, Pa.) · Presidents · United States · Election · 1940 · World War, 1939-1945 · Political candidates · Biography · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · Peters, Charles, 1926-
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The Life And Presidency Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt : An Annotated Bibliography

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Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr
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Book, Scarecrow Press, 2005
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With nearly 10,000 entries, this unprecedented resource contains references and annotations to all books, articles, and dissertations (written and published to 1994) concerning Franklin Delano Roosevelt; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · Bibliography · Presidents · United States · Biography · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · Hendrickson, Kenneth E
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Kingfish : The Reign Of Huey P. Long

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Richard D. White, Jr
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Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2006
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Long, Huey Pierce, · 1893-1935 · United States. · Congress. · Senate · Biography · Legislators · United States · Governors · Louisiana · Politics and government · 1933-1945 · 1865-1950 · White, Richard D. 1945-
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