Traitor to His Class : The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Professor of History H W Brands
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
 9780307277947
0-307-27794-1

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA brilliant evocation of the qualities that made FDR one of the most beloved and greatest of American presidents.Drawing on archival material, public speeches, correspondence and accounts.

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