FDR: The First Hundred Days by Anthony J Badger

FDR: The First Hundred Days by Anthony J Badger

The Hundred Days, Franklin Roosevelt's first fifteen weeks in office, have become the stuff of legend, a mythic yardstick against which every subsequent American president has felt obliged to measure himself. The renowned historian Anthony J. Badger cuts through decades of politicized history to provide a succinct, balanced, and timely reminder that Roosevelt's accomplishment was above all else an exercise in exceptional political craftsmanship. Roosevelt entered the White House in 1933 confronting 25 percent unemployment, bank closings, and a nationwide crisis in confidence. From March 9 to June 16, FDR secured sixteen major bills, many of which gave extraordinary discretionary power to the president. From legalizing the sale of beer to providing mortgage relief to millions of Americans, Roosevelt launched the New deal that conservatives have been working to roll back ever since. Reintroducing the contingency that marked those fateful days, Badger humanizes Roosevelt and suggests a far more useful yardstick for future presidents: the politics of the possible under the guidance of principle.

"* "An important book in contributing to a complete picture of twentieth-century US history that is clear and accessible" - Booklist. * "An elegant and bold synthesis about one of the most important moments in American political history." - Julian E. Zelizer, Princeton University"

Anthony J. Badger is Paul Mellon Professor of American History at Cambridge University and Master of Clare College. He is the author of a number of books, including North Carolina and the New Deal; The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940; The Making of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement (with Brian Ward); and Contesting Democracy (with Byron Shafer).

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ISBN 13	9780809015603
ISBN 10	0809015609
Titel	FDR: The First Hundred Days
Autor	Anthony J Badger
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Erscheinungsjahr	2009-06-09
Seitenanzahl	224
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