Roosevelt
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Published:6th May '05
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A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the presidency more than twice. In a ranking of chief executives, no more than three of his predecessors could truly be placed in contention with his standing, and of his successors, there are so far none.
In acute, stylish prose, Roy Jenkins tackles all of the nuances and intricacies of FDR's character. He was a skilled politician with astounding flexibility; he oversaw an incomparable mobilization of American industrial and military effort, all the while arousing great loyalty and dazzling those around him with his personal charm. Despite several setbacks and one apparent catastrophe, his life was buoyed by the influence of Eleanor, who was not only a wife but an adviser and one of the twentieth century's greatest political reformers.
Nearly complete before Lord Jenkins's death in January 2003, this volume was finished by historian Richard Neustadt.
ISBN: 9780330432061
Dimensions: 197mm x 128mm x 13mm
Weight: 186g
208 pages
Unabridged edition