Arthur M. Schlesinger

The Politics of Upheaval (eBook, ePUB)

The Age of Roosevelt, 1935-1936

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the third volume of his series on Franklin Roosevelt, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian focuses on the turbulent final years of FDR's first term.

A measure of economic recovery revived political conflict and emboldened Roosevelt's critics to denounce "that man in the White house." To his left were demagogues-Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and Dr. Townsend. To his right were the champions of the old order-ex-president Herbert Hoover, the American Liberty League, and the august Supreme Court. For a time, the New Deal seemed to lose its momentum. But in 1935 FDR rallied and produced a legislative record even more impressive than the Hundred Days of 1933-a set of statutes that transformed the social and economic landscape of American life. In 1936 FDR coasted to reelection on a landslide. Schlesinger has his usual touch with colorful personalities and draws a warmly sympathetic portrait of Alf M. Landon, the Republican candidate of 1936.

"One of the most important historical enterprises of our time."- Saturday Review

"Vividly portrays...the concluding years of Roosevelt's first term...[and] the sweep and excitement of an era more historically dramatic than most."- Time

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mariner Books
• Seitenzahl: 772
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780547524252
• Artikelnr.: 53299961

Autorenporträt

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the author of thirty books, was a renowned historian and social critic. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1946 for The Age of Jackson and in 1966 for A Thousand Days. Schlesinger was also the winner of the National Book Award for both A Thousand Days and Robert Kennedy and His Times (1979). In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious National Humanities Medal.