Reorganizing Roosevelt's Government
Title | Reorganizing Roosevelt's Government PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Polenberg |
Publisher | Cambridge : Harvard University Press |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | History |
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Reorganizing Roosevelt's government: the controversy over executive reorganization 1936-1939
Title | Reorganizing Roosevelt's government: the controversy over executive reorganization 1936-1939 PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Polenberg |
Publisher | Cambridge : Harvard University Press |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Executive department United States Reorganization |
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Reorganising Roosevelt
Title | Reorganising Roosevelt PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Polenburg |
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Release | 1966 |
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Roosevelt’s Purge
Title | Roosevelt’s Purge PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Dunn |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2012-05-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 067426312X |
In his first term in office, Franklin Roosevelt helped pull the nation out of the Great Depression with his landmark programs. In November 1936, every state except Maine and Vermont voted enthusiastically for his reelection. But then the political winds shifted. Not only did the Supreme Court block some of his transformational experiments, but he also faced serious opposition within his own party. Conservative Democrats such as Senators Walter George of Georgia and Millard Tydings of Maryland allied themselves with Republicans to vote down New Deal bills. Susan Dunn tells the dramatic story of FDR’s unprecedented battle to drive his foes out of his party by intervening in Democratic primaries and backing liberal challengers to conservative incumbents. Reporters branded his tactic a “purge”—and the inflammatory label stuck. Roosevelt spent the summer months of 1938 campaigning across the country, defending his progressive policies and lashing out at conservatives. Despite his efforts, the Democrats took a beating in the midterm elections. The purge stemmed not only from FDR’s commitment to the New Deal but also from his conviction that the nation needed two responsible political parties, one liberal, the other conservative. Although the purge failed, at great political cost to the president, it heralded the realignment of political parties that would take place in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. By the end of the century, the irreconcilable tensions within the Democratic Party had exploded, and the once solidly Democratic South was solid no more. It had taken sixty years to resolve the tangled problems to which FDR devoted one frantic, memorable summer.
Roosevelt’s attempt to alter the composition of the Supreme Court:
Title | Roosevelt’s attempt to alter the composition of the Supreme Court: PDF eBook |
Author | Birgit Wilpers |
Publisher | GRIN Verlag |
Pages | 15 |
Release | 2010-08-23 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 3640687086 |
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, University of Ulster (Faculty of Arts - American Studies), course: America in the Depression 1929 - 1941, language: English, abstract: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s attempt to change the composition of the American Supreme Court can be seen from different perspectives. Some historians depict the Supreme Court debacle as the beginning of the end of the New Deal, whereas “in later years, Roosevelt [himself], asserted that the court-packing fiasco was one in which he lost the battle but won the war [...]” (Coker, p. 114). In this essay, I will describe the situation which led to his proposal of reorganization, his further proceedings and the reactions to them. I will also analyze the results and the effects which it had on the New Deal during his continuing presidency.
Roosevelt's Attempt to Alter the Composition of the Supreme Court
Title | Roosevelt's Attempt to Alter the Composition of the Supreme Court PDF eBook |
Author | Birgit Wilpers |
Publisher | GRIN Verlag |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 2010-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 3640687310 |
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, University of Ulster (Faculty of Arts - American Studies), course: America in the Depression 1929 - 1941, language: English, abstract: Franklin D. Roosevelt's attempt to change the composition of the American Supreme Court can be seen from different perspectives. Some historians depict the Supreme Court debacle as the beginning of the end of the New Deal, whereas "in later years, Roosevelt [himself], asserted that the court-packing fiasco was one in which he lost the battle but won the war [...]" (Coker, p. 114). In this essay, I will describe the situation which led to his proposal of reorganization, his further proceedings and the reactions to them. I will also analyze the results and the effects which it had on the New Deal during his continuing presidency.
His Final Battle
Title | His Final Battle PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Lelyveld |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 2017-10-31 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 034580659X |
A New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: Foreign Affairs, Bloomberg In March 1944, as World War II raged and America’s next presidential election loomed, Franklin D. Roosevelt was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Driven by a belief that he had a duty to see the war through to the end, Roosevelt concealed his failing health and sought a fourth term—a term that he knew he might not live to complete. With unparalleled insight and deep compassion, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Joseph Lelyveld delves into Roosevelt’s thoughts, preoccupations, and motives during his last sixteen months, which saw the highly secretive Manhattan Project, the roar of D-Day, the landmark Yalta Conference and FDR’s hopes for a new world order—all as the war, his presidency, and his life raced in tandem to their climax. His Final Battle delivers an extraordinary portrait of this famously inscrutable man, who was full of contradictions but a consummate leader to the very last.