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Key ideas from the book
- The biography traces Roosevelt’s life and presidential career using scholarship and primary-source material.
- It examines Roosevelt’s experiences with polio and physical disability alongside his response to national crises.
- It considers the influence of Sara Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lucy Mercer, and Missy LeHand.
- It addresses controversies and failures, including Japanese American internment and the attempted reconstruction of the judiciary.
- It offers a balanced account of Roosevelt’s response to the Holocaust.
About FDR by Jean Edward Smith
Jean Edward Smith’s biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt draws on contemporary scholarship and primary sources to examine the life and public career of one of America’s presidents. It considers how Roosevelt’s experience with polio and physical disability related to his resolve in facing the Great Depression and the threat of totalitarianism during wartime.
Smith also gives close attention to Roosevelt’s private life and the influence of Sara Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lucy Mercer, and Missy LeHand. The account addresses failures as well as achievements, including the attempt to restructure the judiciary, the internment of Japanese Americans, executive overreach, and Roosevelt’s response to the Holocaust. Readers interested in presidential biography, American political history, or the personal and public dimensions of Roosevelt’s life will find a wide-ranging account here.
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