The last 100 days : FDR at war and at peace /

The first hundred days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency are justly famous, a period of political action without equal in American history and still the standard by which we judge our presidents. Yet, in this remarkably intimate portrait of a president nearing the end, Roosevelt scholar Dav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Woolner, David B., 1955- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, [2017]
Subjects:	Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945. United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch.

Table of 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.