Description |
xiv, 349 pages : illustrations, photographs, portraits, map ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The Last Christmas -- An Uncertain New Year -- Atlantic Sojourn -- Interlude at Malta -- On to the Crimea -- Sunrise over Yalta -- Coming to Grips with "The German Problem" -- The Polish Quandary -- The Birth of the United Nations -- The Final Turn -- The Last Mission -- Failure at Bitter Lake -- Going Home -- The Last Address -- March Days -- The Architect -- Hudson Requiem -- Easter in Warm Springs -- Off the Record -- The Last Day -- Looking Beyond Victory. |
Summary |
A portrait of the end of FDR's life shares insights into how he made his final policy decisions and pursued what mattered most to him, including the establishment of the United Nations, a reinvigoration of the New Deal, and a Jewish homeland in Palestine. |
Subject |
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
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Subject(S) |
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
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Biographies.
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Added Title |
Last one hundred days |
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Last hundred days |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt at war and at peace |
ISBN |
9780465048717 (hardcover) |
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0465048714 (hardcover) |
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