| Edition |
1st Threshold editions pbk. ed. |
| Description |
xii, 370, pages ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
Critically assesses the president's role in transforming American government and life during World War II, arguing that such programs as farm subsidies, minimum wage, and welfare are having continuing repercussions in the current economy. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-348) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : May 26, 1940 -- Hello to arms, good-bye to New Deal -- The election of 1940 : a third term -- The battle of the Atlantic -- Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 -- 1942 : the war overseas -- 1942 : on the home front -- 1943 : the tide turns -- Entrepreneurs vs. the arsenal of bureaucracy -- Taxes : government can take everything we have -- FDR and civil liberties -- Courting Stalin -- The 1944 election : a fourth term -- The war ends on the USS Missouri -- Did the war end the Great Depression? -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Military leadership.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
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World War (1939-1945)
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Economic history.
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Command of troops.
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Politics and government
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United States.
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1918-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction.
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| Other Author |
Folsom, Anita.
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| Call # |
973.917 FOLSOM |
| ISBN |
9781439183243 (pbk.) |
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1439183244 (pbk.) |
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