FDR

What This Book Covers

1. Prologue
2. Chapter One - Hyde Park Gold
3. Chapter Two - The Long Climb
4. Chapter Three - The Water Turns Cold
5. Chapter Four - Governor of Crisis
6. Chapter Five - The New Dealer
7. Chapter Six - Brains, Radio, and Alphabet Soup
8. Chapter Seven - Enemies to the Left and Right
9. Chapter Eight - Stacking the Deck
10. Chapter Nine - The Third Time’s the Charm
11. Chapter Ten - Smoke Over Europe
12. Chapter Eleven - December 7th
13. Chapter Twelve - Arsenal of Democracy
14. Chapter Thirteen - The Home Front
15. Chapter Fourteen - The Grand Chessboard
16. Chapter Fifteen - Yalta
17. Chapter Sixteen - The Chair Is Empty

Excerpt

PROLOGUE FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT was not supposed to be a revolutionary. He was rich, polished, and well-connected. He came from the kind of family that expected leadership roles but not radical ones. He could have coasted through life shaking hands, giving speeches, and managing expectations. Then his legs stopped working. Polio took away his ability to walk, but it didn’t take away his ambition. In fact, it sharpened it. The fall forced him to rebuild himself from the inside out. He learned how to command without standing, how to rally people without shouting, and how to wield power without showing weakness. When the country fell apart during the Great Depression, Roosevelt didn’t...