Filter By Subjects
Diplomatic relations Last years of a person's life Politics and government Presidents Presidents United States Biography Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Last years United States United States Foreign relations 1933-1945 United States Politics and government 1933-1945Filter By Subjects
Diplomatic relations Last years of a person's life Politics and government Presidents Presidents United States Biography Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Last years United States United States Foreign relations 1933-1945 United States Politics and government 1933-1945Roll, David L.
Summary: "From Franklin Roosevelt's final days through Harry Truman's extraordinary transformation, this is the enthralling story behind the most consequential presidential transition in U.S. history. When Roosevelt, in failing health, decided to run for a fourth term, he gave in to the big city Democratic bosses and reluctantly picked Senator Truman as his vice president, a man he barely knew. Upon...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Lelyveld, Joseph
Summary: "Untangles the narrative threads of Roosevelt's final months, showing how he juggled the strategic, political, and personal choices he faced as the war, his presidency, and his life raced in tandem to their climax"--Dust jacket flap. "'By far the most enigmatic leading figure' of World War II. That's how the British military historian John Keegan described Franklin D. Roosevelt, who frequently...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016