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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807114303321

Autore

Kotlowski Dean J.

Titolo

Paul V. McNutt and the age of FDR / / Dean J. Kotlowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-253-01473-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (600 p.)

Disciplina

327.2092

B

Soggetti

Ambassadors - United States

Governors - Indiana

United States History 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: A Man, an Era, and a President; 1. "I See . . . a Great Future" (1891-1913); 2. New Departures, Old Haunts (1913-1925); 3. Triumph and Tragedy (1925-1926); 4. The Legion and Leadership (1926-1928); 5. National Vistas, State Elections (1929-1932); 6. A New Deal for Indiana (1933-1934); 7. "Hoosier Hitler" (1935-1936); 8. Breaking Away (1937-1938); 9. Humanitarian-and Home (1937-1939); 10. Paul V. and Franklin D. (1939-1940); 11. Ambition Frustrated (1940); 12. Dimensions of Security (1939-1945); 13. Mobilizing Manpower (1942-1945)

14. Returning to the Philippines (1945-1947)15. Fading Away (1947-1955); Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

In this major biography of an important politician and statesman, Dean Kotlowski presents the life of Paul V. McNutt, a great understudied figure in the era of FDR. McNutt was governor of Indiana, high commissioner to the Philippines (while serving he helped 1,300 Jews flee Nazi Germany for Manila), head of the WWII Federal Security Agency, and would-be presidential candidate. Paul V. McNutt and the Age of FDR explores McNutt's life, his era, and his relationship with Franklin Roosevelt. It sheds light on the expansion of executive power



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