The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (976 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743246012 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book, however, contains misstatements of historical detail (Alter suggests, for instance, that it was Theodore Roosevelt, rather than Ted Jr., who served as a founder of the American Legion). Eventually, Alter succeeds in providing a brief consideration of those key months. Only about 130 pages deal with the 100 days commencing March 4, 1933, that the title calls FDR's "defining moment." Alter attaches much weight to a few throwaway phrases in a thrown-away draft of an early presidential speech—one that could, through a particular set of glasses, appear to show FDR giving serious consideration to adopting martial law in response to the monetary crisis. Despite this, Alter goes on to document FDR's early programs, pronouncements
"Good but disappointing in many of the details" according to Robert Moore. I want to give a highly qualified recommendation for this book. If you love FDR and intend to read a good many books on him, I suggest adding this to your list. If you intend, however, to read only a few books on FDR, I suggest reading other books instead. I've read nearly 20 books on FDR at this po. Dennis said A moving story about political leadership for today .. This book pulls together the richest historical scholarship about the Great Depression and World War II from the perspective of one human being's engagement in both crises -- as a political leader: FDR. I only knew him from the aspersions cast upon him and Eleanor by my sweet Midwestern relatives wh. Great Portrait of a Leader's Defining Moments I really enjoyed this book, and it was very timely for me to read it right before President Obama's inauguration. Jonathan Alter begins by presenting the life of Franklin Roosevelt leading up to his first one hundred days as President. You read about his close relationship with his mom, his ambivale
Alter shows us how a snobbish and apparently lightweight young aristocrat was forged into an incandescent leader by his domineering mother; his independent wife; his eccentric top adviser, Louis Howe; and his ally-turned-bitter-rival, Al Smith, the Tammany Hall street fighter FDR had to vanquish to complete his preparation for the presidency.“Old Doc Roosevelt” had learned at Warm Springs, Georgia, how to lift others who suffered from polio, even if he could not cure their paralysis, or his own. Millions of people lost everything. As he moved both right and left, Roosevelt's insistence on "action now" did little to cure the Depression, but he began to rewrite the nation's social contract and lay the groundwork for his most ambitious achieveme