Roosevelt's second act [[electronic resource] ] : the election of 1940 and the politics of war / / Richard Moe

• Autore: Moe Richard
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (393 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.917092
• Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States - Election - 1940; Presidents - Term of office - United States; World War, 1939-1945 - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1933-1945; United States Foreign relations 1933-1945
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: History repeating itself -- Shifting gears -- A laying on of hands -- Methods short of war -- Redefining neutrality -- The sphinx -- A year of consequence -- A hurricane of events -- The republicans appear on stage -- FDR decides -- Preparing for the big show -- Chicago: Following the script -- Chicago: Unscripted -- Drafts and destroyers -- The politics of war -- To the finish line -- Epilogue: The mandate.
• Sommario/riassunto: ""In Roosevelt's Second Act Richard Moe has shown in superb fashion that what might seem to have been an inevitable decision of comparatively little interest was far from it."" --David McCullough On August 31, 1939, nearing the end of his second and presumably final term in office, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was working in the Oval Office and contemplating construction of his presidential library and planning retirement. The next day German tanks had crossed the Polish border; Britain and France had declared war. Overnight the world had changed, and FDR found himself being forced to c
• Titolo autorizzato: Roosevelt's second act
• ISBN: 0-19-998193-0; 0-19-998192-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814148403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pivotal Moments in American History