{"product_id":"1940-susan-dunn-9780300205749","title":"1940: Fdr, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler--The Election Amid the Storm","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe spellbinding story of the Roosevelt-Willkie election season, when bitterly divided Americans debated the fate of the nation and the world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1940, against the explosive backdrop of the Nazi onslaught in Europe, two farsighted candidates for the U.S. presidency--Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for an unprecedented third term, and talented Republican businessman Wendell Willkie--found themselves on the defensive against American isolationists and their charismatic spokesman Charles Lindbergh, who called for surrender to Hitler's demands. In this dramatic account of that turbulent and consequential election, historian Susan Dunn brings to life the debates, the high-powered players, and the dawning awareness of the Nazi threat as the presidential candidates engaged in their own battle for supremacy. \u003ci\u003e1940 \u003c\/i\u003enot only explores the contest between FDR and Willkie but also examines the key preparations for war that went forward, even in the midst of that divisive election season. The book tells an inspiring story of the triumph of American democracy in a world reeling from fascist barbarism, and it offers a compelling alternative scenario to today's hyperpartisan political arena, where common ground seems unattainable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Dunn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300205740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300205749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 5.91w x 1.03d","brand":"Susan Dunn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072608268543,"sku":"9780300205749","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b5c4f18-d8cc-4ed3-b91f-c8fdf04abec9.jpg?v=1685442989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/1940-susan-dunn-9780300205749","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}