David Pietrusza

Roosevelt Sweeps Nation (eBook, ePUB)

FDR's 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From "America's preeminent presidential historian... a thoughtful, highly entertaining portrait of Roosevelt's thrilling 1936 campaign and victory" (Bob Batchelor, award-winning cultural historian). Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for US History Award-winning historian David Pietrusza boldly steers clear of the pat narrative regarding Franklin Roosevelt's unprecedented 1936 re-election landslide, weaving an enormously more intricate, ever more surprising tale of a polarized nation; of America's most complex, calculating, and politically successful president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the very top of his Machiavellian game; and the unlocking of the puzzle of how our society, our politics, and our parties fitfully reinvented themselves. With in-depth examinations of rabble-rousing Democratic US Senator Huey Long and his assassination before he was able to challenge FDR in '36; powerful, but widely hated, newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst, who blasted FDR's "Raw Deal"; wildly popular, radical radio commentator Father Coughlin; the steamrolled passage of Social Security and backlash against it; the era's racism and anti-Semitism; American Socialism and Communism; and a Supreme Court seemingly bent on dismantling the New Deal altogether, Roosevelt Sweeps Nation is a vivid portrait of a dynamic Depression-Era America. Crafting his account from an impressive and unprecedented collection of primary and secondary sources, Pietrusza has produced an engrossing, original, and authoritative account of an election, a president, and a nation at the crossroads. The nation's stakes were high... and the parallels hauntingly akin to today's dangerously strife-ridden political and culture wars. "It has been many a moon since I had as much fun [as I did] reading Roosevelt Sweeps Nation." -George F. Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Diversion Books
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781635767780
• Artikelnr.: 73938357

Autorenporträt

David Pietrusza's books include 1920: The Year of Six Presidents; Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series; 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America's Role in the World; 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies; and 1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR-Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny. Rothstein was a finalist for an Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category, and 1920 was honored by Kirkus Reviews as among their "Books of the Year." Pietrusza has appeared on Good Morning America, Morning Joe, The Voice of America, The History Channel, ESPN, NPR, AMC, and C-SPAN. He has spoken at The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, The National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the Harry S. Truman library and Museum, and various universities and festivals. He lives in Scotia, New York. Visit davidpietrusza.com