Paul V. McNutt and the age of FDR / / Dean J. Kotlowski
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| Autore: |
Kotlowski Dean J.
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| Titolo: |
Paul V. McNutt and the age of FDR / / Dean J. Kotlowski
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2015] |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (600 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327.2092 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Ambassadors - United States |
| Governors - Indiana | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History 1933-1945 |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 at the state level during the Great Depression, the theo |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Paul V. McNutt and the age of FDR |
| ISBN: | 0-253-01473-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459815103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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