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Roosevelt's Second Act - The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War (Hardcover)
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Roosevelt's Second Act - The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War (Hardcover)
Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
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Countless histories have been written about Franklin Roosevelt's
creation of the New Deal and about his leadership during World War
II, but none has attempted to bridge these two epochal events. In
Roosevelt's Second Act, Richard Moe offers a refreshingly original
look 32nd president, arguing that the economic policies of FDR's
first two terms and the wartime leadership of his second two are
bridged by one pivotal moment: the election of 1940, when his
decision of whether to run for an unprecedented third term was
driven by the war consuming Europe. After Hitler's invasion of
Poland in September 1939, Great Britain and France immediately
declared war, but it would take many months before serious military
action began. Once all-out war started in the spring of 1940, the
fate of Britain became inextricably entwined with FDR's agonizing
decision of whether to run again, and, for the first time in
American history, break the unwritten rules established by George
Washington himself. FDR found himself at a place where no other
president had been, wanting to help the democracies of Europe to
survive without drawing his country into an unwanted war, and with
precious little time to do so. For months Roosevelt refused to say
whether he would run again or not, but after the Republicans
surprisingly nominated the attractive Wendell Willkie in July 1940,
FDR believed there was not another Democrat who would continue his
policies and who was capable of winning the election. With Hitler
on the verge of conquering Europe, the stakes couldn't have been
higher - and the decisions that FDR and the country faced would
make 1940 one of the most fateful years in American history.
Offering a critical examination of Roosevelt's actions and motives
from September 1939 to the end of 1940 and subjecting them to
insightful analysis, Roosevelt's Second Act fills an important gap
in presidential history. Through the double narrative of the war in
Europe and the 1940 election, Moe offers a brilliant depiction of
the duality that was FDR: the bold, perceptive, prescient and moral
statesman who set lofty and principled goals, and the sometimes
cautious, ambitious, arrogant and manipulative politician in
pursuit of them.
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