Man of Destiny: FDR and the Making of the American Century by Hamby, Alonzo L.

Man of Destiny: FDR and the Making of the American Century (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780465028603)

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Man of Destiny: FDR and the Making of the American Century by Hamby, Alonzo L.

Man of Destiny: FDR and the Making of the American Century

$40.00
Man of Destiny: FDR and the Making of the American Century by Hamby, Alonzo L.

Man of Destiny: FDR and the Making of the American Century

$40.00
Format: Hardcover
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From an acclaimed historian comes an authoritative and balanced biography of FDR, based on previously untapped sources

No president looms larger in twentieth-century American history than Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and few life stories can match his for sheer drama. Following in the footsteps of his Republican cousin President Theodore Roosevelt, FDR devoted himself to politics as a Democrat and a true man of the people. Eventually setting his sights on the presidency, he was elected to office in 1932 by a nation that was mired in the Great Depression and desperate for revival.

As the distinguished historian Alonzo Hamby argues in this authoritative biography, FDR's record as president was more mixed than we are often led to believe. The New Deal provided much-needed assistance to millions of Americans, but failed to restore prosperity, and while FDR became an outstanding commander-in-chief during World War II, his plans for the postwar world were seriously flawed. No less perceptive is Hamby's account of FDR's private life, which explores the dynamics of his marriage and his romance with his wife's secretary, Lucy Mercer. Hamby documents FDR's final months in intimate detail, claiming that his perseverance, despite his serious illness, not only shaped his presidency, but must be counted as one of the twentieth century's great feats of endurance.

Hamby reveals a man whose personality -- egocentric, undisciplined in his personal appetites, at times a callous user of aides and associates, yet philanthropic and caring for his nation's underdogs-shaped his immense legacy. Man of Destiny is a measured account of the life, both personal and public, of the most important American leader of the twentieth century.

Author: Alonzo L. Hamby
ISBN-10: 0465028608
ISBN-13: 9780465028603
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2015
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 1.90d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2015
Library Journal 06/15/2015 pg. 94
Publishers Weekly 07/13/2015
Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 20
Choice 02/01/2016
By Alonzo L. Hamby
By Alonzo L. Hamby
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Alonzo L. Hamby is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Ohio University. He is the author of several books, including Beyond the New Deal: Harry S. Truman and American Liberalism, Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman, and For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s.

Hamby also has received two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, a Harry S. Truman Library Institute Senior Fellowship, a Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowship, and the Ohio Academy of History Distinguished Service Award. Born in Missouri, Hamby graduated from Southeast Missouri State University and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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