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Informationen zum Autor William D. Pederson is the American Studies Endowed Chair, Professor, and Director of the International Lincoln Center for American Studies at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. His most recent publications include James Madison (2008) and Lincoln Lessons (2009). Klappentext The only United States president elected to four terms of office, Franklin Delano Roosevelt shepherded the nation through its most tumultuous period since the Civil War. A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt presents a collection of historiographical essays by leading FDR scholars that provides a comprehensive review of the scholarship on key elements of this central figure during the two critical events that shaped the modern world: the Great Depression and World War II. The essays cover all aspects of FDR's life and times, including his political, military, and economic decisions, fully discussing the scholarship to date as well as sketching out areas in need of further research. Themes and topics range from Roosevelt's health, relationships, Supreme Court packing, to New Deal policies, institutional issues, and international relations. A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt is the most comprehensive and authoritative source on a twentieth-century icon whose optimism and vitality led America from the nadir of the worst depression in world history to the brink of victory over Germany and Japan. Zusammenfassung A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt presents a collection of historiographical essays by leading scholars that provides a comprehensive review of the scholarship on the president who led the United States through the tumultuous period from the Great Depression to the waning days of World War II. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures x Preface xi Notes on Contributors xiv 1 FDR Biographies 1 Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr 2 Eleanor Roosevelt Biographies 15 Norman W. Provizer 3 Pre-Presidential Career 34 Timothy W. Kneeland 4 Physical and Psychological Health 59 Robert P. Watson 5 The Election of 1932 77 Donald A. Ritchie 6 The 1936-1944 Campaigns 96 Sean J. Savage 7 Urban and Regional Interests 114 Stefano Luconi 8 Minorities 135 Cherisse Jones-Branch 9 Labor 155 Martin Halpern 10 Business 186 Patrick D. Reagan 11 Opponents at Home and Abroad 206 Joseph Edward Lee 12 FDR as a Communicator 222 Betty Houchin Winfield 13 The New Deal 238 June Hopkins 14 The Banking Crisis 259 James S. Olson and Brian Domitrovic 15 FDR and Agriculture 279 Jean Choate 16 Conservation 298 Byron W. Daynes 17 Political Culture 318 Richard M. Fried 18 Human Rights 340 Wesley K. Mosier 19 The Institutional Presidency 362 Rodney A. Grunes 20 Political and Administrative Style 385 Margaret C. Rung 21 The Congress 405 John Thomas McGuire 22 The Supreme Court 427 Stephen K. Shaw 23 The American Military 443 Lance Janda 24 Science and Technology 459 Peter K. Parides 25 Intelligence 480 R. Blake Dunnavent 26 Relations with the British and French 493 Kevin E. Smith 27 Relations with Canada 517 Galen Roger Perras 28 The Good Neighbor Policy and the Americas 542 Michael R. Hall 29 Relations with the Soviet Union 564 William E. Kinsella, Jr 30 Relations with China and India 590 William Ashbaugh 31 Relations with Japan 612 William Ashbaugh 32 Relations with It...
