Category: History: U.S.: 20th Century

Copyright/published Year: 2009 by Anchor

ISBN: 0307277941

Binding: Paperback

Description: Drawing on archival material, public speeches, correspondence and ì accounts by those closest to Roosevelt early in his career and ì during his presidency, H. W. Brands shows how Roosevelt ì transformed American government during the Depression with his ì New Deal legislation, and carefully managed the country's prelude ì to war. Brands shows how Roosevelt's friendship and regard for ì Winston Churchill helped to forge one of the greatest alliances ì in history, as Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin maneuvered to ì defeat Germany and prepare for post-war Europe.

About the Author
H. W. BRANDS is the Dickson Allen Anderson Professor of History ì at the University of Texas at Austin. The author of Andrew ì Jackson, Lone Star Nation, and The Age of Gold, ì he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for biography for The ì First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin. He ì lives in Austin, Texas.

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